W. Reginald Bray: The Man Who Posted Himself
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From Mark Borkowski:
The man who posted himself: The suburban accountant who tested the Royal Mail to its limits, exasperated Hitler and became one of Britain’s greatest pranksters
by David Leafe
dailymail.co.uk
19 March 2012
He was a most unlikely prankster, an Edwardian husband and father whose neatly clipped moustache and smart suit gave his neighbours no reason to believe he was anything but a respectable accountant.
In his everyday life, he observed the many rules and regulations drawn up by bureaucrats of the time “” keep off the grass in public parks, refrain from spitting in the street and avoid putting your feet on train seats.
In short, he seemed a model citizen, but as in so many of us, within W. Reginald Bray there lurked an impish spirit that longed to cock a snook at officialdom.
And a clue as to his target was the red post-box outside his home in Forest Hill, a leafy suburb of South London.
Its positioning could not have been more fortuitous for a man whose hobby was to test the postal system to its limit.
