Mayor's Thanks to Bedford Postal Workers as Christmas Approaches
Mayor Dave Hodgson paid a bright and early visit to the Royal Mail's Bedford Delivery Office to thank staff for their efforts during the extremely busy period for them in the run-up to Christmas.
Mayor Dave was shown around the office by Delivery Office Manager, Andrew Reynolds, and was introduced to the postmen and women who are working hard sorting and delivering mail in the Bedford area during the festive season.
Commenting, Mayor Dave said: "A huge amount of effort and dedication goes into making sure those all-important Christmas cards and gifts reach their destination at this time of year. I've seen that for myself this morning, and it was great to meet the team here and wish them all the best for the busy festive period.'
"They had over 200,000 envelopes or packages there for delivery, nearly 4,000 of which were special or tracked items. I was told that a lot of them were the result of Black Friday and Cyber Monday.'
"There was stuff going out of the door evert minute, and there was noticeably a lot less than 200,000 items by the time I left after 45 minutes!'
"Our postal workers do such an important job at this time and throughout the year and I was pleased to have the chance to thank them for their efforts in person."
Andrew Reynolds, Royal Mail Delivery Office Manager at Bedford, added: "Our postmen and women are working extremely hard to deliver Christmas cards, letters and parcels to people across Bedford. We are grateful that the Mayor visited the office to see our operation and to support the team.
"We'd like to remind our customers to post early so that friends and family have longer to enjoy their Christmas greetings. We would also like to ask everyone to please always use the postcode as this helps us greatly in the job that we do at this busy time."
The last recommend posting dates for Christmas are:
Second Class - Saturday 19 December 2015
First Class - Monday 21 December 2015
Special Delivery - Wednesday 23 December 2015
You can read more comments from Mayor Dave following his visit to the Delivery Office on his Facebook page.