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Post by Matt James on Apr 16, 2009 16:39:23 GMT
In response to your excellent letter "calling all former telegram staff" in the cornish guardian. My name is Frederick C. Pitt I joined the gpo as a junior postman (telegram boys) in October 1955 aged 15 at Exeter, the telegraph and telegram delivery office was situated in Barnfield hall a large community hall, as the head post office had been bombed. The city was in the process of being rebuilt therefore there were many prefab buildings housing sub post offices delivery offices etc. As well as delivering telegrams, including death ones, as I think it was the Cyprus conflict at the time, also happier ones for weddings, express letters and packets, and rail x's. These were fought over because a tip of 3d came with them. I also did duties as houseboy in the admin block head postmaster and staff etc, and at the telephone managers office. Then at the age of 16yrs I was trained to ride BSA bantams delivering to the rural areas. The one mermorable event was in 1957 when the Queen came to open the rebuilt city centre, all the boys lined the pavement outside the telegraph office when one of our lads did the famous leg shield scraping corner, and came off in front of the royal motorcade. The PHG in charge of us was less than happy. Fred Pitt retired PHG
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