Marie McNair joined Alan Deefholts on his morning round through the area’s Linnvale during a visit to the town’s Royal Mail Delivery Office. Alan has been hand-delivering the area’s mail for 37 years. Ms McNair noted all staff at the Clydebank office were ‘dedicated’ (Image: Supplied) And Ms McNair had nothing …
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Marie McNair joined Alan Deefholts on his morning round through Linnvale during a visit to the town’s Royal Mail Delivery Office. Alan has been hand-delivering the area’s mail for 37 years. Ms McNair noted all staff at the Clydebank office were ‘dedicated’ (Image: Supplied) And Ms McNair had nothing but …
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Royal Mail has announced an important change that customers should be aware of. In today’s daily service update, the postal service shared how post will be collected and delivered in Jersey. It stated: “Royal Mail and Jersey Post have made the joint decision to remove the current dedicated postal flight …
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