Deliveries suspended as posties in row over pavements

[krussel]

It looks quite bad in places

How they let it get in that state i would never know. Looks like someone may have been driving a car over it to crack the slabs like that.

Mind you i always love the random comments from Joe public.

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I got the fright of my life the other day. The parcel guy had actually come in my home and left the parcel in the hallway, whilst I had been doing a number 2. I'll never leave the front door unlocked again.
- goddie, nearby, 03/4/2012 18:41

What has that got to do with the pathways

[kawoxux]

Im kind of surprised the majority of user comments seem almost reasonable!

[Blue29]

Royal Mail spokeswoman [...] said they had written to customers informing them of the ban.
She said: 'We will not compromise on the safety of our colleagues.

[Pat Ostman]

Royal Mail spokeswoman [...] said they had written to customers informing them of the ban.
She said: 'We will not compromise on the safety of our colleagues.

[Lounge Lizard]

"Staffordshire County Council, which is responsible for the paths, says that the pavements on the Grange estate are the responsibility of residents as part of their contract with Wimpey, which built the homes." - so Royal Mail will have done the residents a favour in getting whoever really is responsible to finally repair the paths.

[Stormproof]

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[blackadder]

now call me stupid, pick a number and join the line ta. but paving slabs dont happen like that overnight

[seeker019]

Is this where 'Shameless' is filmed, looks like the same estate

Anyway looks like a death trap for all concerned.............................

[Lounge Lizard]

now call me stupid, pick a number and join the line ta. but paving slabs dont happen like that overnight

Many many years ago I lived not a great distance from the Grange Estate, was well acquainted with a woman living in Elm Walk and remember the houses being somewhat gerry built, it being no surprise then that the paving wasn't laid to last.

[Straight4ward]

now call me stupid, pick a number and join the line ta. but paving slabs dont happen like that overnight

Many many years ago I lived not a great distance from the Grange Estate, was well acquainted with a woman living in Elm Walk and remember the houses being somewhat gerry built, it being no surprise then that the paving wasn't laid to last.

Was the woman - - - - laid to last?

[NWpostie]

"Staffordshire County Council, which is responsible for the paths, says that the pavements on the Grange estate are the responsibility of residents as part of their contract with Wimpey, which built the homes." - so Royal Mail will have done the residents a favour in getting whoever really is responsible to finally repair the paths.

That means the residents will have to have a whip round to pay the cost of repairing the path and some for compo for the Postie who got hurt

I probably got more chance of seeing flying pigs........

[Superfly]

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Bloody Hell!!

[Lounge Lizard]

now call me stupid, pick a number and join the line ta. but paving slabs dont happen like that overnight

Many many years ago I lived not a great distance from the Grange Estate, was well acquainted with a woman living in Elm Walk and remember the houses being somewhat gerry built, it being no surprise then that the paving wasn't laid to last.

Was the woman - - - - laid to last?

No, it wasn't to last but I am reminded of way back then whenever passing that house by train, backing as it does onto the main Aberdeen - Bournemouth / Plymouth cross country route

[slave]

He doesn't have a trolley yet, that would be fun.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

28 Penkridge homes still without any post in footpaths row
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Twenty-eight homes on a Penkridge estate are still without post in a dispute over the poor state of the pavements – and Royal Mail says it will not back down until they are repaired.

Deliveries were suspended six weeks ago after a postman tripped on an uneven footpath and suffered a serious injury.

In the past fortnight, mail has resumed to 12 households after the Royal Mail worked out another way to reach the properties, avoiding the front pavement.

In a further development, Penkridge Post Office has also agreed to be the alternative address for the 28 homes still affected until further notice.

Previously residents had to make a 14-mile round trip to Royal Mail’s Stafford depot to pick up their post.

Twenty properties in Elm Walk, where the pavement problem is worst, are still without their deliveries. A further eight homes on Grange Road are also yet without post.

Deliveries have resumed to houses in Wolverhampton Road and Lime Walk.

Royal Mail said it would review the situation only when improvements were made to the paths.