Postal service axed because of a steep hill
source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/08/02/post-service-axed-because-of-steep-hill-...
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Booze, a hamlet of 11 houses in West Yorkshire, has had its postal service cancelled because the road leading to the hamlet is "too steep". A letter giving residents three weeks' notice said: "The road is extremely narrow and is potentially an accident waiting to happen."
Obviously the residents of Booze aren't too happy about all of this, a local farmers wife said "The whole hamlet is in uproar about it".
The Postie in question has a bad back, and any further attempts to get up the long narrow hill will only serve to make it worse, say Royal Mail, who now seemingly legislate for anything that is "potentially an accident waiting to happen" which to my understanding is just about everything ever.
Booze is 400ft above sea level and despite its name it doesn't even have a pub, after 400ft of climbing I'd imagine that's a bit of a let down.
Obviously the residents of Booze aren't too happy about all of this, a local farmers wife said "The whole hamlet is in uproar about it".
The Postie in question has a bad back, and any further attempts to get up the long narrow hill will only serve to make it worse, say Royal Mail, who now seemingly legislate for anything that is "potentially an accident waiting to happen" which to my understanding is just about everything ever.
Booze is 400ft above sea level and despite its name it doesn't even have a pub, after 400ft of climbing I'd imagine that's a bit of a let down.
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