After 17 years as our village post-lady, Hilary has retired. So the villagers organised a surprise party for her in the Falcon.
Indeed we did manage to keep it secret from Hilary for many weeks, quite an achievement and many thanks are due to
Carol Wilkie and Elaine Grove for organising the event. With Elaine and Carol's help, the village also raised £440 for Hilary, an obvious
symbol of everyone's affection for her.
Hilary always saw what she did as much more than just a job, she knew everyone's quirks of delivery and, of course, she
knew every dog in the village (and they all knew her). It should be standard pratice with Royal Mail, for their post people to
carry a bag of dog biscuits with them! Also her van did double up on many occasions to return stray dogs to their owners.
Hilary will certainly be a hard act to follow and will be greatly missed. We do hope to see her and her family in the Falcon now and again.
Hilary did send a thank you letter to the village - click here
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