1951: The POST Arrived on Time | BBC Newsreel | World of Work | BBC Archive

This film follows the postmen and women tasked with delivering Christmas mail to some of the most remote parts of the country.
Whether on foot, by boat, post van, or even on horseback, these determined folk ensure the Christmas post arrives on time.
Originally broadcast 26 December, 1951
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[@standenberg]

I do love these clips from the BBC archive...we usually see how Britain has become more advanced thanks to modern technology...but this clip shows that we’ve gone backwards when it comes to customer-service, dedication & genuine common-courtesy (all things the UK was once famous for)🤦🏻‍♂️

[@robertrowlands-oc5qy]

The postman at Holyhead is my father, R H Rowlands, I remember him telling me he had been filmed delivering mail but I don't think he ever saw this documentary.

[@garryleeks4848]

Postman had it tough then , and still smiling

[@Liam-yr4uf]

And dressed nicely!

[@lonniebishop9062]

Happy holidays to everyone at BBC Archive.

[@cephas2217]

Too many see the post as being a business solely to make profit, and not a public service for our benefit first and foremost. Until that is rectified, the postal service will continue to decline.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

First class VIDEO..

[@gallitron7803]

Well timed 👍

[@jasonayres]

Video runs for 7:11 During which time, people are seen to be walking throughout for about.. 7:10! Phew!! Merry Christmas. 🙂

[@MrEddieJib]

A simpler and healthier time. Lovely to see and sad its no more.

[@ShaunakHub]

10,000 emails can never replace single 'snail mail'. Still remember the excitement of seeing the postman on our door - the occasion really did not matter!

[@TheLordHiggs]

Better then delivering mail today. Life seemed better then. And you can still have cars.

[@coconutsmarties]

Yes, life did seem better then. But it's important people remember that it wasn't.

[@ronjenkijns4743]

Coconut smarties- were you alive then?

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

WOW THIS IS INSANE!... But i love it lol

[@Greenwillow]

I’m waiting for post, but some how I don’t think the postman/woman will be making epic journeys to deliver it. Maybe after Christmas😂🤔

[@Ology3121]

In your dreams. Mid January would be optimistic. 🤔😂

[@garryleeks4848]

@@Ology3121in your dreams February

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Where's my giro ?........

[@dandare2586]

2022, my postcode area post arrives 3 weeks late & only because I rang up Royal Mail customer service!

[@Asaski09]

And 1951 was the last time it did

[@iseegoodandbad6758]

What a healthy life back them. Little to no cars, high breastfeeding rates, traditional houses, organic food, fresh air (except in London and Birmingham), simple life and polite people. I was born in the wrong era!!! I need a time machine I am sick of modern life so much!!!

[@garryleeks4848]

I was born in the wrong era

[@Rainman000]

I was born in the WrOnG GeNeRaTiOn. Oooh I am so EDGY

[@Seminal_Ideas]

Something seems to have gone very wrong. The future that these people looked forward to never materialised.

[@Greenwillow]

I’ve been told all my life I was born in the wrong era.😂

[@garryleeks4848]

@@Greenwillow meeeee toooo

[@Goettel]

Just some ways the internet has made us poorer. Merry X-mas!

[@hefellump1]

I think you meant to say Happy Christmas.

[@Goettel]

@@hefellump1 no : - )

[@hefellump1]

That's very sad .

[@Goettel]

@@hefellump1 Well, cheer up : - )

[@hellie_el]

@@Goettel you made me laugh, thanks. :) by the way, Xmas has been in use for hundreds of years in Christianity, it is a perfectly correct way to write Christmas. Merry Xmas to you!

[@smithmr1]

These days people miss hospital appointments because posties can’t be arsed

[@ronjenkijns4743]

You need to get your facts right. Blame the senior management. Parcels get priority now because that’s where the profits lie. We are regularly told to leave the mail but make sure the parcels are delivered. Basically I could be delivering a pair of socks to a customer and it takes priority over a hospital appointment. You can blame privatisation on this mess. Ring up your local delivery office, speak to the manager and ask if they prioritise parcels.

[@stepheng8779]

Bet the cards arrived with the Xmas gift still in them & not nicked like the scumbags have just done to my nieces.

[@Seminal_Ideas]

The Britain before "multicultural enrichment". A much, much better place.

[@coconutsmarties]

Yes, it's so clear to see that immigration has indeed totally wrecked the British postal system.

[@Myacckt]

Boldly racist statement. It was Britain herself who ‘kept’ worldwide colonies. Surely it’s predictable many people would migrate to the ‘mother’ country that got rich and prosperous of these very colonies.

[@johnathandaviddunster38]

Pity the ignorance of RACISM...

[@vanessahawarden9028]

And no thoughts of going on strike!!! Recommended viewing for all Royal Mail employees today….making life even more miserable for us all after all the hardships we have endured already. Take a look at these folks and learn.

[@aaronbeatup]

You anti working class scab

[@vanessahawarden9028]

@@aaronbeatup I was born and brought up in a 2 up 2 down with no bathroom and an outside lav. My Grandad and uncles worked on the railways. My Dad worked all his life, specifically in a foundry in the 1920’s straight from school. He was a staunch socialist all his life. We had little food, a tin bath in front of the fire. Don’t you dare call me anti working class. But I would never strike around Christmas to make life harder for the fellow working man.

[@Seminal_Ideas]

There's that lean, chiseled wirey look to them. Fit from walking miles and tough. Happy people helping one another. No soylent hissy fits over pronouns here.