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'Hundreds' sign condolence book of well-loved Arnold Post Office worker

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'Hundreds' sign condolence book of well-loved Arnold Post Office worker

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The 66-year-old was a familiar face in an Arnold Post Office for 23 years

‘Hundreds’ of people have signed book of condolences for a ‘well loved’ Arnold Post Office worker and great-grandmother following her recent death.

Pat Morris was a familiar face behind the counter of the post office on Worrall Avenue for 23 years, and in that time became very popular with her customers and the community.

The 66-year-old, who was originally from Carlton but had been an Arnold resident for 40 years, died suddenly on October 19.

The very next day the Post Office set up a condolence book for people to write their messages in, and it is already half-full.

Mrs Morris leaves three children, John Morris, 45, Wayne Morris, 41 and Leanne Handy, 40, as well as five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Her daughter Leanne said she has been moved by the post office’s gesture.

She told the Post: “There are pages and pages filled with hundreds of signatures, even our MP Vernon Coaker has signed it.

“It took me a while to come in and have a look at it, and I still have not read it properly, but it is so nice to hear all the lovely things people have written about her.

“She did not realise how much she was loved, she did not like to let people down. She went to work every day even when she was ill, she never had a day off.

“My mum knew everything and everybody in Arnold, you would go shopping with her and it would take hours to get down the road because she had to stop and talk to everyone.

“She was the best woman in the world and she will be deeply missed.”

Mrs Handy said she will take the book to her mum’s funeral on November 23, in order to give people one last chance to sign it before she takes it home to put with the memory box she is making with her four-year-old daughter Matilda.

They are also collecting money to put a memorial bench outside the shop and have so far raised £160.

The book was the post master Alison Bell’s idea, She said she wanted to show Mrs Morris' family what she meant to everyone at the Post Office.

The 54-year-old, who worked with Mrs Morris for seven years, said: “She worked here so long, everybody knew Pat.

“When she went on holiday we used to get people asking where she’d gone. I was tempted to put up a notice whenever she did to let people know.

“I started it [the book] because there were so many people who knew her.

“It was a way of letting the family know what she meant to people, I needed them to know that.

“It is strange coming in now that she isn’t here. I feel like somebody whipped away my comfort blanket.

“She was well loved and a lovely lady to talk to, and the post office will not be the same without her.”

For those who would like to attend, Mrs Morris' funeral will be held on November 23 at St Mary’s Church in Arnold at 10.15, followed by a burial at Redhill Cemetery.
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