Mail ‘We're going weeks without deliveries’

FURIOUS Stoke Gifford residents say they are going for weeks without receiving any post, casting doubt on Royal Mail's capacity to serve parts of Bristol in the run up to Christmas.

- Angus MCINTYRE

One resident, John, said he had gone for at least two weeks without receiving any post. The backlog that had been created became so extreme that when a delivery was finally made, he received 31 letters in one go.

“I'd say about 70% of it was vital documents, if you like, that you need for your everyday life” John said.

The slow post meant a long delay before John and his wife received new credit cards, despite their bank telling them they had posted them as soon as they switched financial providers towards the end of October.

“I wouldn’t have even raised this if I didn’t think it was a problem and I think it is quite a big problem here,’ he said. “This isn’t just where we live, we're a new estate, and then I know there's someone else at least half a mile away that was in the same position.

“The apparent lack of delivery is impacting significantly on individuals’ day-to-day lives.”