{"id":4145,"date":"2024-12-13T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2024-12-16T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T13:03:01","slug":"sir-john-whittingdale-visits-the-royal-mail-delivery-office-in-maldon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"Sir John Whittingdale visits the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Maldon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sir John Whittingdale visited the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Maldon to meet staff sorting the mail before setting out on their delivery rounds with the Christmas Post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/postie.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir John said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe run up to Christmas is always particularly busy for the Royal Mail and the Posties in Maldon are doing a fantastic job, working flat out to ensure that all the Christmas greetings and presents arrive in time. It was great to be able to thank them in person as well as to be able to save my own postie a journey by picking up my post for that day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sir John is pictured with Anca Ban, Customer Operations Manager at Maldon Delivery Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban-1024x1365.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ancaban.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir John Whittingdale visited the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Maldon to meet staff sorting the mail before setting out on their delivery rounds with the Christmas Post. 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