Alistair Hardaker
Image: A display at at The Postal Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0 Gaius Cornelius)
Focus group of 12 subpostmasters and families met to discuss aspirations for museum project following series of workshops on marking the scandal.
The Postal Museum in London is to work with The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on a new project to mark the Horizon scandal in history.
The Legacy Project is hoped to create a lasting account of the scandal, which saw the Post Office pursuing thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in the account software Horizon.
The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is an independent public statutory Inquiry, “established to gather a clear account of the implementation and failings of the Horizon IT system at the Post Office over its lifetime.”
Earlier this week, a group of current and former sub-postmasters, as well as family members, met with the Inquiry and The Postal Museum to discuss their aspirations and visions for the museum’s involvement in the project.
Laura Wright, CEO of The Postal Museum, said: “We are proud to be working with the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry and the focus group participants on the upcoming Legacy Project.
“As an independent museum created to share the history of the postal network in Britain, stories of postal workers have always been essential to us.
“It is crucial that those affected by the Horizon scandal can tell their stories, in their own words, and that we help them reach as wide an audience as possible. Further details will be announced in due course.”
This partnership with The Postal Museum follows a series of workshops in which a focus group of people impacted by the scandal shared their ideas for a Legacy Project.
Secretary to the Inquiry, Leila Pilgrim, added: “The Legacy Project will mark the Horizon scandal in our nation’s history, respecting the devastating impacts it has had on countless lives.
“This is an important milestone, and I look forward to seeing The Postal Museum take forward this aspect of our Legacy Project work.”
Over the course of four meetings, the group of 12 current and former sub-postmasters or family members discussed what they wanted from the Project.
