Showing the vehicle history of the telephone service, with examples from the GPO, Post Office Telephones, British Telecom, BT and Openreach. Also includes the Post Office Radio Service, PEUs (Pole Erection Units) and elevating platforms.

Sections under revision. Updates ongoing into July 2009.

| Advertising | British Telecom | BT Vehicles | Openreach | Pole Erection Units | Post Office Radio Service | Post Office Telecommunications | Post Office Telephones | Post Office Vehicle Club | Television Detector Vans |

| EXIT to TEC | Paint Colours | GPO Timeline | Connected Earth Amberley | Postal Vehicles |

Paint Colours

These are defined under the British Standard Specification for colours for identification, coding and special purposes -

BS 381C

• 538 Post Office Red  (previously British Standard Colour No.38) was used on mailvans until about1968 when...
• 539 Postal Service Red was used.
• 223 Mid Bronze Green was used on telecom vehicles until about 1968 when...
• 356 Golden Yellow was used.
• 384 Light Straw the colour of Post Office equipment racks from about 1960.

The latest version of the standard is BS 381C: 1996 which specifies the names and illustrates 91 standard colours.

Links

www.aquatecpaint.co.uk/

http://www.ivecomagirus.co.uk/

These books contain a wealth of photographs and information about the Post Office Fleets.

All logos and trade marks are the property of their respective owners and are used on the Light Straw site(s) for review only. Students and researchers are recommended to make their own independent enquiries as to the accuracy of the information contained therein.

Photos © Light Straw Archive unless stated.With thanks to David Cott for selected photos.

Compiled by Light-Straw © 1997-2009