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Mail in the 21st Century – overview
Author: Quadrangle
Date: 09 February 2009
'There's something fantastic about coming home and opening mail'
Mail has the power to surprise people and to make them feel good. This new insight film from Quadrangle takes us into the homes of eleven people to reveal exactly how they feel about the post, the magazines and that come through their letterbox every day.
Watch the film and download the background to how we made the Mail in the 21st century series at the bottom of the page.
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Natasha Buttivant: I really enjoy getting mail. I look forward to it, quite disappointed if I don't receive mail.
Helen Clark: It's the fact that you don’t know what's coming through the letterbox which is what I look forward to.
Joshua Sheridan: I don't get mail that often but when I do it's often a surprise, it's unexpected mail.
Romain Coonaghe: There's something fantastic coming home and opening mail and you can't wait to get home.
Jermaine Hunter: It's kind of like a service that's coming to you. So, yeah you do get a bit excited.
Sian Housey: It's sort of like getting a present. You never know exactly what it's going to be.
Janet Hagen: It's still got that extra special feel to it and that's why I prefer it still.
Ivan Colomer: When you do get a bit of mail you think, 'oh, that's quite cool' y'know.
Pauline Hutchinson: I actually look forward to waking up in the morning and the mail being there. If I didn't get any mail I would be crawling the walls.
David Slaughter: Mail to me is an everyday part of life. I can't imagine life without it.
Heather Beckwith: I absolutely love it when some mail comes through. I love it, I absolutely love it!
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