Post by Matt James on Apr 9, 2009 12:32:41 GMT
Originally posted by Roger Green
My name is John Perkins and I was a �messenger� actually, �Junior Postman�, straight from school aged fifteen from approximately April 1954 to approx.May 1954 when I left on a point of principle. I still have many happy memories particularly of friends I worked with. Two of them (Gerry �Taffy� Dillon and Brian Lewis) eventually went to Australia and I would love to know how they progressed. Others I remember are; �Blossom� Beresford, David Smart, Geoff Smith, Joss Evanson and many more.
All new recruits had to endure an initiation ceremony called �bowling�which meant the new guy was turned upside down and pushed into a sinkfull of cold water. All good �clean� fun of course. A good many of the messengers were sons of postmen as I was but very few rejoined the GPO after National Service. Would love to hear from any �survivors�.
John Perkins
My name is John Perkins and I was a �messenger� actually, �Junior Postman�, straight from school aged fifteen from approximately April 1954 to approx.May 1954 when I left on a point of principle. I still have many happy memories particularly of friends I worked with. Two of them (Gerry �Taffy� Dillon and Brian Lewis) eventually went to Australia and I would love to know how they progressed. Others I remember are; �Blossom� Beresford, David Smart, Geoff Smith, Joss Evanson and many more.
All new recruits had to endure an initiation ceremony called �bowling�which meant the new guy was turned upside down and pushed into a sinkfull of cold water. All good �clean� fun of course. A good many of the messengers were sons of postmen as I was but very few rejoined the GPO after National Service. Would love to hear from any �survivors�.
John Perkins