Matthew has visited Royal Mail’s Hendon Delivery Office to pass on Christmas good wishes and encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of year.
Matthew was shown round the Delivery Office by local Delivery Office manager Alex Bauldry and was introduced to all the postmen and women who are working hard doing their bit to sort and deliver the area’s share of the estimated total Christmas postbag of over 160 million items in London.
Matthew said: “It was great to meet the hard-working Royal Mail postmen and women at Hendon Delivery Office and to see at first hand just how much effort they put into delivering for people at this time of year. Posties do such an important job in the run up to Christmas and I am pleased to thank them for their efforts and wish them all the best over the busy festive period.”
Alex Bauldry, Royal Mail Delivery Office Manager at Hendon said: “Christmas is the busiest time of year. Our people really do pull out all the stops throughout the year to ensure mail is delivered quickly but even more so over the busy festive period. So we are pleased that Matthew came along to witness the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.”
Alex Bauldry added: “The postal staff do a fantastic job to ensure that friends and families stay in touch through their Christmas greetings and gifts. And, as usual, we urge our customers to post early so that friends and family have longer to enjoy their Christmas greetings!”
Last posting dates for mail are:
• Thursday 22 December for Special Delivery items
• Tuesday 20 December for 1st Class items
• Saturday 17 December for 1st Class items
• Monday 12 December for airmail items to Western Europe
• Friday 9 December for Eastern Europe, the USA, Canada and Japan
• Monday 5 December for mail to the rest of the world
For more information about Christmas with Royal Mail visit: www.royalmail.com or call 08457 740 740.