DID YOU KNOW?
CODED' ,>/ SECRETS
Author Anthony Trollope, a machine called ELSIE and Poco the elephant -all played a role in creating the postcode, explored in a new exhibition at The Postal Museum
by CHRIS TAFT
I The postcode's origins date to the 1850s, when London was divided into areas following the points of the compass, along with the central WC and EC. But, as not enough mail was being sent there,'S' and 'NE' were ditched -by civil servant (and novelist) Anthony Trollope.