THE city’s postmen and women were thanked for their hard work sorting through the Christmas post during a visit by the mayor of Worcester as the last day to ensure delivery before December 25 looms.

In a visit to Royal Mail’s delivery office in Warndon, Councillor Jabba Riaz saw first-hand the scale of delivering the county’s Christmas post and passed on early season’s greetings to its staff.

Christmas time is Royal Mail’s busiest period of the year with millions shopping online for presents as well as sending cards and presents to friends and family and delivering goods to customers in the lead up to Christmas and through the Boxing Day sales.

Royal Mail said the city’s postmen and women will pull out all the stops to make sure post is sorted and delivered in Worcester over Christmas.

The deadline for second class post is today (December 18).

Cllr Riaz said: “At no other time is the hard work and dedication of postmen and women clearer than during the festive period. There is a huge amount of effort and dedication that goes into delivering a first class Christmas all over the country.

“It was great to meet the team here at Worcester and thank them for the extraordinary lengths they will go to ensure Christmas parcels and cards are delivered to loved ones on time, as well as thanking them for delivering our mail services all through the year, in all weathers."

Glenn George, delivery office Manager at Royal Mail in Worcester, said: “Our postmen and women will be working extremely hard to deliver Christmas parcels, cards, letters and parcels to people in Worcester.

"We are grateful that the mayor visited the office to see our operation and to support the team.

“We’d like to remind our customers to post early this Christmas and to ensure all their mail is posted by the recommended dates, so that friends and family can enjoy their Christmas greetings and parcels.

"If everyone uses the postcode on every item of mail, this also helps us greatly in the job that we do at this very busy time."

The last posting dates for Christmas are:

Second class – Tuesday, December 18

First class – Thursday, December 20

Special Delivery – Saturday, December 22