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This was the scene in the sorting office at the busiest time of the year - December 1987 | National World

11 fabulously festive reminders of our great postal workers at Xmas across Lancashire

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 9th Dec 2024, 09:01 GMT

Like banks, pubs and libraries - the places which held communities together - many of our post offices have disappeared from our towns.

It was once the only way to communicate, other than by phone, but the age of email and cost cuts saw the gradual demise of post offices. Our archived photos remind us of the post offices we all used in times past - especially at Christmas.

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MP Gordon Marsden helps sort the Christmas mail with Blackpool South Shore Delivery Office Manager Gary Woods and Blackpool D.O.M Mark Dudgeon

9. A post office Christmas

MP Gordon Marsden helps sort the Christmas mail with Blackpool South Shore Delivery Office Manager Gary Woods and Blackpool D.O.M Mark Dudgeon | National World

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Seasonal cheer was the bright idea of sub-postmaster Bill Stuart at Catterall sub-post office - he appeared as Father Christmas when he handed over the £10 bonus to pensioners. Receiving her bonus is Mrs Doris Armstrong, of Garstang Road

10. A post office Christmas

Seasonal cheer was the bright idea of sub-postmaster Bill Stuart at Catterall sub-post office - he appeared as Father Christmas when he handed over the £10 bonus to pensioners. Receiving her bonus is Mrs Doris Armstrong, of Garstang Road | National World

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MP David Borrow visits Leyland Post Office to hand over his Christmas cards for recycling

11. A post office Christmas

MP David Borrow visits Leyland Post Office to hand over his Christmas cards for recycling | National World

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