Dear Granny Smith

[Patrick]

Excellent Radio 4 "Book of the Week" this week - confirming everything we suspected that's wrong with the Post Office. Still available to listen to for a few more days.

A letter from your postman written by Roy Mayall and delivered by Philip Jackson; a heartfelt musing on the past, present and future role of one of the oldest British institutions, the Postie.

Why postmen used to have the best job in the world, and why it's heading towards becoming the worst.

[everso]

Yes, I've been listening to this, although I missed today's.

[housesparrow]

I only heard the first one, and enjoyed it.

[jean]

It's wonderful.

I particularly enjoyed the account of the motorised trolleys with which they want to repalce the postmen's bikes...which won't fit on the pavements, so will have to take up road space and be illegally parked almost every time they stop...and can't (unlike bikes) take the postie to the start of his round, but won't fit in the vans they've got... so they'll have to get a whole new fleet...

[Patrick]

At the end of todays they said they would be bringing up some of the issues on You and Yours at lunchtime - I'll have to go and find that now too!