Centre for British Progress @britishprogress.org · Apr 3 Britain’s industrial and scientific revolution was not just marked by Brunel’s bridges and Stephenson’s steam engine. Before 1870, post was eyewateringly expensive, beyond the reach of almost all ordinary people. But the humble, pre-paid, halfpenny postcard changed everything.
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Suddenly communication was within almost everyone’s grasp. Businesses connected nationwide. Families could keep in touch. Crucially: people began to organise. Unions and suffrage movements mobilised via this revolutionary and affordable medium, catalysing social progress.