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Dear Granny Smith: A Letter from Your Postman [Paperback]

Roy Mayall (Author)

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Publisher: Short Books Ltd (26 Nov 2009)
Language English
ISBN-10: 190602197X
ISBN-13: 978-1906021979
Product Dimensions: 14.2 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 49,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars The Royal Mail I never knew!, 15 Dec 2009

G. Sams "greg sams "author Sun of gOd"" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dear Granny Smith: A Letter from Your Postman (Paperback)

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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Granny Smith Matters, 16 Dec 2009

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars dear granny smith. aletter from your postman, 17 Dec 2009

Barry J. Potter "postie pat" (shropshire england) - See all my reviews
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Top banana - and Spot On
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 13 months ago by Kevsta

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 16 months ago by Jumpin' Jack

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 16 months ago by J. L. P. Herbert

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

Published 22 months ago by Mr. Andrew J. Wilkins

5.0 out of 5 stars Something all should read
THIS BOOK ,WELL WRITTEN FROM SOME-ONE WHO KNOWS HIS SUBJECT AND LOVED HIS WORK.

THE WRITER EXPOSES THE LIES OF UK AND EU POLITICIANS. Read more

Published 23 months ago by A. H. Lawton

5.0 out of 5 stars Spot on!!
This book is the most accurate account of what It's like to be a postman. Being a postman myself I can understand the frustration has we fight to keep our much loved postal... Read more

Published on 21 Feb 2010 by B. P. Hewson

5.0 out of 5 stars A little book of common sense
If I had the money, I'd arrange for everyone in the country to have a copy of this book. It describes, in a concise and wryly humourous way, the consequences of a purely... Read more

Published on 20 Feb 2010 by HA

4.0 out of 5 stars Dear Granny Smith
Tells us all what "they" have done to wreck the good old British Post office, which for all its faults we used to love. Now it is profitable but everyone criticises it. Read more

Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Smiler

5.0 out of 5 stars Granny Smith
Excellent little book. Easy to read in no time at all. Gave a lovely insight into our postmen and postwomen. Read more

Published on 11 Feb 2010 by Janice Wilson

4.0 out of 5 stars Lot of truth..
As a ex-postie of many years and different offices, it was all familiar territory.

All true with humour and irony.

A good read!

Published on 11 Feb 2010 by Mr. I. Beaven

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