postman
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On a chilly Saturday morning in December 1976, postman Nigel Rossiter pulled up outside the isolated Ffynon Samson farmhouse in west Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The second postman to speak to the BBC, who we are calling Bob, said the reason people were not getting post on time was simple: "There's not enough staff."
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
With deliveries from the postman now a daily occurrence, Clare has spared a thought for her postman, but said he has been wonderful and so patient.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
The postman Joseph Roulin and his wife, Augustine, became Van Gogh’s principal friends during his stay in Arles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
“Yeah, it must have been bad all right,” Ed Mills, the postman said.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
“I ask the postmen in Spain to work to the maximum, morning, afternoon and night,” Feijóo said during a campaign rally in Murcia on Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Other professional groups, from barristers to postmen, also plan to hit the barricades in coming weeks to demand more pay read more .
From Reuters ● Jun. 22, 2022
They’re policemen and grocers and postmen and doctors and nurses.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
The company said it had hired about 33,000 temporary workers to support its 115,000 permanent postmen and women and had expanded its seasonal sites to help manage the anticipated growth in parcel volumes.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2020
The boys worked as neighborhood postmen, delivering draft notices and monthly ration cards.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
