Postal Workers Day will be celebrated in the UK on December 9 but we could not wait to pay tribute to South Tyneside’s loyal servants.
Here are scenes from the early 1900s right through to 2008 showing everything from sorting office staff to deliverers out on the streets.
Enjoy this Shields Gazette archive gallery.
1. Doing their bit 100 years ago
A postman delivers the mail in the early 1900s in this fantastic photo from the Shields Gazette archives. | sg
2. A mountain of work in 1957
Sifting through a mountain of mail at the Waterloo Vale sorting office in December 1957. | sg
3. Christmas in the sorting office
Brisk business at the Shields sorting office in December 2008. | sg
4. Royal Mail memories from 2008
All hands to the pump as the December mail gets plenty of attention. | sg
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