Royal Mail held a family fun day at Ascot Racecourse to celebrate their 500th anniversary. Many employees attended the event with their friends and family. Attendees enjoyed seeing a historic 1784 mail coach pulled by horses and getting their photo taken with a postman from the 1700s and present day. Royal Mail sponsored one of the races and the winning horse wore a special Royal Mail-branded rug. Employees commented that it was a unique and enjoyable event to commemorate the anniversary.

1. TRACY JONES, a
postwoman from
Llandysul delivery office,
was there with her
mother Jane, who also
works at the unit. She says: ‘The
mail coach was marvellous, and
totally unexpected for us. It’s nice to
see the old way of doing things
being given a second chance!’
DAVE HILL, from
Plymouth MDEC,
attended with ex-
colleague Dave Pitt.
He says: ‘This is a
great event, and very original
compared to the prizes you
usually get in competitions and
giveaways. I like a good day at
the races, it’s great fun.’
LEANNE CLARKE has
worked for three years in
finance at Rowland Hill
House, Chesterfield, and
came along with her
friends and family. She says: ‘It was a
really nice gesture and it’s great to
get something like this as a reward
from your employer. It was a lovely
day
RYAN BOWERMAN, an
OPG at Severn Beach
delivery office, donned
his suit for the occasion,
along with fellow
postman Terry Evans. Ryan says: ‘It
was a fantastic event. I didn’t even
know about it until my manager told
us about the tickets, but I’m glad he
got a couple for us.’
The mail coach was the
highlight for NIGEL
HORNSBY, a project
manager from Greenford
mail centre. He says: ‘It’s
so exciting to see the mail coach
here at the races. What a great way
to celebrate our 500 years.’
ANDREW WILCOCK,
a postman from
Rossendale delivery
office, was happy to
be at Ascot. He says: ‘I
really enjoyed the day. It was a very
different way to commemorate our
anniversary.’
BRIDGET MOGRIDGE,
an OPG at Sturminster
Newton delivery
office, says: ‘It was
a really nice idea by
Royal Mail. It’s great that it
coincides with a day of family
events at Ascot.’
MARION FREDERICK,
a PA at 100VE, says:
‘The mail coach was
amazing and the
horses looked
beautiful. My friends and I all
really enjoyed the day and we’re
all glad we went.’
Marking our anniversary with a
very special day at the races
T
here were smiles across
the board when colleagues
enjoyed a family fun day at
Ascot Racecourse, as part of
our 500 Years celebrations.
Royal Mail’s stand at the event
was flooded with people keen to
catch a glimpse of the historic
horse-drawn mail coach dating from
1784, accompanied by a driver in
full 18th century uniform, carrying
a post horn and blunderbuss gun.
There was also a cut-out where
people could have their photograph
taken as a postman from both the
1700s and today.
We sponsored the penultimate
race of the day, and Moya Greene
presented a medal to William
Frewen, the owner of winning horse
Taj Badalandabad. The six-year-
old chestnut gelding wore a special
Royal Mail-branded rug in the
winners enclosure.
More than 2,250 tickets to the
event were made available to
colleagues at the beginning of
March.
500YEARS
ONTHETROT
Dave Pitt and Dave
Hill check for tips.
Winning horse Taj
Badalandabad in a
special Royal Mail rug.
In the frame... colleagues
Lyn, Jane and Tracy Jones.
The mail
coach.
Moya presents the
winner’s prize to Taj
Badalandabad owner
William Frewen.
Raja Dasari
enjoyed the
day with
his wife.