Special Delivery: Pint-Sized Posties Reopen ‘Lost’ Herefordshire Village Post Office to Hand-Deliver Easter Cards to Every Resident

On Thursday 26 March at 11.00am, Vicar David Gifford will swap the pulpit for a postie sack accompanied by pupils from Bosbury Primary School. Stepping into the role of village posties, they’ll be delivering Easter cards hand-designed by the children to every resident in the Herefordshire village.

Dressed in postal uniforms and carrying bags filled with brightly-coloured cards, the children will walk door-to-door reviving, for one morning, the spirit of a village post office that closed more than 20 years ago.

The initiative began after the isolation of Covid, when the school looked for ways to maintain connection across the community. It has since become a much-loved annual tradition and one that quietly challenges the idea that connection must always be digital, providing some older residents with rare, face-to-face contact.

In a rural village like Bosbury, where services have gradually disappeared, the loss of a post office was more than an inconvenience, it was a loss of connection. This simple act of delivery aims to restore that, if only for a few hours.

Each card has been designed by the children themselves including drawings of lambs, spring flowers and a message of kindness. But it is the act of personal delivery by the youngsters that matters most.

One Bosbury resident, Lizzie Jones, (age 51) said:

“It’s a lovely thing—more than that, really. You don’t always realise how much you miss these small interactions until they happen again. The children bring such joy. It makes you feel part of something. One of my neighbours told me that it always puts a smile on my face”.

Headteacher Ruth McManus believes the initiative reflects a wider philosophy at the school.

“We are proud of our academic standards, but we believe education is about far more than SATs—it’s about hearts, habits and human connection.”

“In a world where so much happens through screens, we want our children to understand the value of looking someone in the eye, knocking on a door, and being part of a real community.”