Our front door has a very small letterbox –
for years postmen have battled with delivering our mail and many ignore the ‘do
not bend’ pleas on the envelopes, so we end up with creased and crumpled
mail. We’ve trained our regular postman. He rings the doorbell to deliver the mail
that won’t easily fit – but for this to be successful, we have to be at home!
At last we have solved the problem. We’ve bought a metal post-box that can be
fitted to the outside of the house and the opening is big enough to take most
of our letters without them being folded.
It will even take the free newspapers that are delivered on a weekly
basis.
Frank has fitted the box level with the door
letterbox by the side of the front door.
It looks smart and works well – no damaged post so far – but we miss the
sound of the letters dropping on the doormat in the hall.
