Another post box gone

[alexander874]

Leopold St post box blocked off .

[Tim1]

"which opens mon-fri 9-5 and closes an hour for lunch and Saturday 9-1"

"I do the chippy banking 10pm at nights when we close"

How?

 

If you mean how I do the banking you can pay in to some bank accounts through the post office.

 

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-banking-services

[florence kat]

I noticed today both boxes outside Sainsbury's at the University tram stop are now out of action.

[1978]

I noticed today both boxes outside Sainsbury's at the University tram stop are now out of action.

 

That brings back memories. Before Hanover Way became a dual carriageway there was one box situated on Glossop Road, just above the barracks. When it was removed a smaller round box was placed outside what was then the Midland Bank. It wasn't big enough. At that time, mid 1980s, a lot of offices nearby were still sending a lot of letters and using stamps. A second square box was provided. Last time I worked near there was late 1990s and by then the bigger post users were franking their mail and taking it to the Post Office next door to Boots.

 

I doubt there'll have been a need for two boxes for almost 20 years, especially now that so much goes by email.

[AmberLeaf]

The word on the street is that the postman mislaid the key to this box for a while. It's back in use now!

 

Postman Pat probably left it at Mrs Goggins.

[BHRemovals]

they will come out wi some excuse about low usage.

[tinfoilhat]

Thanks to privatisation Royal Mail who deliver and collect our mail is separated from the Post Office who provide the counter services in shops. By allowing competition we have many different courier companies all flying around with differing procedures if the recipient can't be at home to accept delivery. This may have kept the prices down, although some would argue that one delivery body woud save on duplication of a lot of effort, reduce traffic, and keep prices even further down.

 

There are probably too many post boxes to satisfy the numbers of letters now being posted. Some only receive letters two or three days a week, making the cost of collection very high. Maintaining the boxes is a major expense, which explains why so many look so dilapidated. It's likely we'll lose more boxes unless they get used more, and that's not very likely.

 

Post offices are disappearing too. The range of services now offered doesn't generate enough income to make it economically viable in very many shops. Changes in the contracts between the Post Office and hosting shop keepers are leading many to pack up the Post Office operation.

 

Privatisation is a small part of all this. It's the total changes in society that make the greater differences, the internet particularly.

 

Royal Mail and the post office have been separate concerns for years prior to privatisation.

[alchresearch]

If you mean how I do the banking you can pay in to some bank accounts through the post office.

 

http://www.postoffice.co.uk/branch-banking-services

 

I use this because my awful bank Lloyds closes most branches at 4, and has closed some local ones permanently.

[1978]

Royal Mail and the post office have been separate concerns for years prior to privatisation.

 

And before that Post Office Telephones.

[iamwoody]

Some boxes are blocked in the city centre today due to access being limited because of the SHEFFIELD UNITED open top bus tour .