This book is a fascinating, eye-opening, heartfelt letter which goes behind the scenes, through the ages, in the sorting room and out on the daily round, to tell the other side of the story. At a recent staff meeting, a postman asked what the modernisation of the Royal Mail would mean for "Granny Smith" - the little old lady who lives alone and for whom the mail service is a lifeline. "Granny Smith isn't important," was the reply. "Granny Smith doesn't matter anymore." Well, Dear Granny Smith is an attempt to explain why she does matter. An appeal to all of us to spend an evening by the fire with a cup of cocoa and take a quiet moment to read a letter from the people who are the real Santas, not just at Christmas but all year round -
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Roy Mayall has been a postman for a number of years.
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By G. Sams
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I will never forget my dear mother's lifelong loyalty to Copydex glue, a bond cemented by the Royal Mail in 1953, when she posted a letter to the company in the morning and returned home in the afternoon to find the Copydex man at her door with a solvent to remove it from her carpet.
Roy Mayall reminds us just what a wonderful natural treasure we have in the Royal Mail, telling it from the inside out, drawing upon a life living through the changes. Now this institution is under threat, facing modernization whilst dealing with the daunting competition of the Internet. Do we really know what we could be losing?
We think in terms of efficiency, time, handling damage and such mechanical things. Roy Mayall takes us inside the mind of the "postie" and we understand, for once, the people and the pride that made our Royal Mail the envy of the world - while giving us the incentive to keep it alive.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who has not moved their communications completely into cyberspace; and if you have - well, this is what you're missing!
Roy Mayall reminds us just what a wonderful natural treasure we have in the Royal Mail, telling it from the inside out, drawing upon a life living through the changes. Now this institution is under threat, facing modernization whilst dealing with the daunting competition of the Internet. Do we really know what we could be losing?
We think in terms of efficiency, time, handling damage and such mechanical things. Roy Mayall takes us inside the mind of the "postie" and we understand, for once, the people and the pride that made our Royal Mail the envy of the world - while giving us the incentive to keep it alive.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who has not moved their communications completely into cyberspace; and if you have - well, this is what you're missing!
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By L. Davis
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This book had me in tears - it paints such a strong picture of what human life is all about and how far from human business is. Roy Mayall's distinctive voice is heartwarming and endearing while presenting a chilling account of just what we will loose if the Royal Mail, as we know it now, is plundered by bosses obsessed by false economies.
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i just retired as a postie it had me in fits of lauthter every thing is true this is a real eye opener to the knockers of royal mail and the way he puts it over is very clever informative and entertaining
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This is an excellent book describing what really happen now inside Royal Mail and compares it whit "the old days". Read more
Published 14 days ago by Sebastian
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Dear Roy Mayall
An excellent little book that arrived in good time and was read promptly. This is a humerous polemic about the recent changes to working practices and the overall change in the... Read more
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a gem of a book
A funny & touching account of a postmans lot told with humour & emotion. It brought tears to my eyes
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I first came across this on radio 4 in serialised form and decided I had to have it in my collection. Read more
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Dear Granny Smith - a letter from your postman
I was guided to read this cheery little novel. My own postie could easily fit into the story. It was a delight to read in a day.
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I so much enjoyed reading an insider's account of our Royal Mail that immediately I had finished this little book I read it through again. Read more
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This book is a little gem. Written in an easy style, it soon draws the reader into the world of Postal Chaos amid modernisation. Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2011 by Kevsta
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Everyone should read this book
I heard this book serialised last year on Radio 4's Book of the Week and as a small business owner who uses the Royal Mail, I read with interest just how barmy the people who run... Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2010 by Jumpin' Jack
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Dear Granny Smith
A really funny book and the history of the Post Office. Small, short but gives a good idea of the working environment of the 'posties' I just wish the 'postie' could give the... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2010 by J. L. P. Herbert
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A very honest account of modern management
The book is a great read, a very honest account of modern management in the Royal Mail. I see parallels with the management of my own organisation. Read more
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