General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

In the early seventies when I was made redundant, I worked as a Postman when it was in the public sector and was a far better service than what it is today since Thatcher put it in the private sector.




Never any staff shortages with many of the older postmen and women having served in the war and always willing to help newcomers with preparing a delivery to go out on time which at the time was first delivery by 7am with 1pm for the second delivery.











At Christmas, there was so much mail that I was for three years made a temporary postman higher grade (Chargehand) during December on a 12 hour shift 9pm to 9am at Wigan North Western Station where along with a team of students offloaded the many mailbags off the numerous mail trains.




What I made during the Christmas period paid for the Christmas period of my Wife an I.




And the staff I worked with during the time were some of the best people I ever worked with in all the time I was employed with a attittude of one for all and all for one in any disprute with management.




I only left because I got a better higher paid job at Metal Box in my normal trade of engineering.