Post by Matt James on Apr 9, 2009 12:36:32 GMT
Originally posted by Cofi
Started at the age of 14 as messenger boy in Caernarfon North Wales from 1947 to 1951-Postman driver and acting PHG from 1951 to 1957.Moved to Newport South Wales in 1957 as PHG and finished in 1987 as Asst Head Postmaster due to heart trouble.
I was only 4ft 8in when I started and had to have a small bicycle which took a few days to come from the main store and therefore delivered telegrams by bus.
In a small office like Caernarfon, which then only had 9 town deliveries, as a PHG I would do everything ie; hand out LB keys-enter register receipts-business replies-HVPs-tick in the mail-and in the morning I would also clear the head office box sort the mail and jump on the bike to take a bag to the station for Chester which contained mostly the misssorts received in the morning mail.
You can imagine my surprise when I came to Newport to find the PHGs did just one job.One on the tick job-one in the register den for town and one for outward.
My hobbies are golf and computer.I do websites and you will see most of them in the WWW below.
Started at the age of 14 as messenger boy in Caernarfon North Wales from 1947 to 1951-Postman driver and acting PHG from 1951 to 1957.Moved to Newport South Wales in 1957 as PHG and finished in 1987 as Asst Head Postmaster due to heart trouble.
I was only 4ft 8in when I started and had to have a small bicycle which took a few days to come from the main store and therefore delivered telegrams by bus.
In a small office like Caernarfon, which then only had 9 town deliveries, as a PHG I would do everything ie; hand out LB keys-enter register receipts-business replies-HVPs-tick in the mail-and in the morning I would also clear the head office box sort the mail and jump on the bike to take a bag to the station for Chester which contained mostly the misssorts received in the morning mail.
You can imagine my surprise when I came to Newport to find the PHGs did just one job.One on the tick job-one in the register den for town and one for outward.
My hobbies are golf and computer.I do websites and you will see most of them in the WWW below.