Postman Pete

[chaincey.ncfc]

In 1983 we had a grey itchy uniform, then it went to blue & shirts if you wanted with what looked like a Spanish flag logo on them.. your moaning about a late letter… I used to leave the Mcr Central DO at about 7am to trek a few miles to deliver post to ungrateful people like you… where’s me Giro??? wtf.. I only deliver stuff 🤷*♂️😀

By 1983 I had already been working for four years you bone idle sod AND my start time was 6am

[griff]

Quite right Chalky. My Dad was a postie for a good few years and he was down the station picking up mail off the train at 6 a.m. then up to the PO to sort it in the back office then him and his mates off around the town and the villages in vans. They used to sell stamps too.

7 a.m? Tscchh.

[howoldboy]

Quite right Chalky. My Dad was a postie for a good few years and he was down the station picking up mail off the train at 6 a.m. then up to the PO to sort it in the back office then him and his mates off around the town and the villages in vans. They used to sell stamps too.

7 a.m? Tscchh.

Did he knock around with Ronnie Biggs?

[chaincey.ncfc]

Quite right Chalky. My Dad was a postie for a good few years and he was down the station picking up mail off the train at 6 a.m. then up to the PO to sort it in the back office then him and his mates off around the town and the villages in vans. They used to sell stamps too.

7 a.m? Tscchh.

That’s right griffy,when bdb was still pulling girls pigtails and playing conkers us real men was out there grafting earning a living,my mate also sells stamps,well used to anyhow

[Blackdogblue]

I used to start at 5am in the Mcr Central Delivery office at Newton street. The walk has to be sorted first and not much point in going out much earlier as offices were closed. 2nd delivery was about 11am & overtime doing a 2nd walk sometimes round the more residential areas like Ancoats or Salford…

[griff]

My dad used to turn in at midnight to clean the vans, half an hour before he went to bed. And you tell kids that nowadays, they won’t believe you.

[Blackdogblue]

Used to prefer the night shift.. 1 week in 4 as got paid more 😀