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The Post Office
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Dave Jones, left, has worked
in the post office for 15 years, joining the service straight
from school. He was brought up on the Home Farm on the Shavington
estate and his father still has a herd of dairy cattle. Dave
enjoys his rural round. It includes Mickley, Tern Hill and
Goldstone. He knows the people on his round and because of
the remoteness of some, he collects post from their houses
as well as delivering it.
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Andy Hughes, on the right
in the photograph, has worked in the post service for 22
years. He was transferred from Welshpool to Market Drayton. |
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Mark Humpage is the Delivery
Office Manager a post he has held for 14 years. He too joined
the service from school but unlike Dave Jones no longer has
the opportunity to get to know his customers. There is now
much more pressure on his job to meet targets and provide
value for money.
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He
has seen many changes in his time with the Post Office.
Today the service has
much more competition. Local businesses use courier services
and other companies provide parcel delivery services.
He believes the customer base will continue to grow. There
are now 9,106 residencies and 308 businesses in the TF9
post code area. The post office makes 19 rural deliveries
and 12 town deliveries a day and employs 45 people. There
has been a change in the nature of post of late too.
The
number of A4 sized flat letters has increased as more
companies send out mail shots, the number of houses increases
and
with the influx of professional people, executives and
so on, people who receive a different sort of post to
that traditionally received in the town.
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