Other Tasks and ways round them!

Many of the Leicester lads will remember the task of threading lead seals for the Parcel and Letter Office, then making them into plaits of 30 and passing them over to the P.H.G. (Booking out Officer). Extra plaits could be given out as punishment as an alternative to the 'up the hill wucker'. How many canny souls remember finding a Parcel Porters  hidden stocks on the First Floor? The successful removal from Campbell Street was a dangerous but rewarding task, hiding the liberated (stolen) plaits in your locker at Bishop Street without a Senior Messenger (and larger boy) spotting and claiming the spoils was a real reward. But how many boys got caught by a Parcel Porter and were rewarded by a leg and a wing down the nearest chute to the ground floor? Happy days!! Thanks go to Phil Hendy for the bag of seals and strings, they will be passed on to museum lads at Quorn.

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T.P.O. latest run news from Nev and the boys at Quorn

At the last few reunions I have read out a list of those collegues who have passed on and it has supprised several of the ex messengers there as they learn of a friend who was perhaps close to them in their youth. We can lose contact with people over the years and often do not know they are no longer with us. The web site will give us a chance to pass on the message quickly and especially to those no longer in this country. If you know of someone who is not on the list and would like to pass on the information via my Email address on the site please do. Thank You Mike Ex T901

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