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t May 2013 15 For daily news, visit myroyalmail.com Watch weekly Follow us on @RM_COURIER Special delivery... Richard made sure Laurie got her card Weather is snow match for Richard Postman braves the white stuff to deliver 100th birthday card from the Queen Determined Richard Harrison braved heavy snow to deliver a birthday card from the Queen to customer Laurie Mundy. Richard, from Holbeck delivery office in Leeds, says: ‘Mrs Mundy celebrated her 100th birthday on 24 March, and most deliveries across Leeds did not go out that day due to the severe weather. ‘But I didn’t want her to miss out on her special day.’ ‘I’m overwhelmed with the support’ November saw life change from the Rowland Hill Fund and from dramatically for Clacton postman colleagues will help me get back some Tony Gibbs when he was in- of my independence and mobility.’ volved in a serious road traffic The specially-made wheelchair accident. But thanks to his colleagues Tony needs will cost around £7,000. and the Rowland Hill As well as the support from Rowland Fund, he’s about to have a brand Hill, donations, a disco and raffle at new wheelchair. Clacton raised nearly £1,000. ‘My dad is a postman at Colchester, The latest event was the annual veterans’ and they’ve also been busy fundraising football day between Colchester to help me,’ says Tony. and Clacton, as well as a quiz night. ‘I was on my way to work when Tony says: ‘I’m overwhelmed by the accident happened. Now I’m the support I’ve had from colleagues paralysed from the chest down and and the Fund to help me get moving April confined courier to a wheelchair. advert V2.qxp The money 19/04/2013 again.’ 09:24 Page 1 Do you, or someone you know, need help? The Rowland Hill Fund supports Royal Mail Group staff, pensioners and dependants in times of need. Call 0800 6 888 777 then select option 4 or visit www.rowlandhillfund.org Richard is delivering on a different round now, but has known Mrs Mundy and her grandson for two years and took photographs at her 99th birthday last year. ‘They asked if I could deliver her special card this year,’ says Richard. ‘I checked with my manager and the current postman on that delivery and I was pleased they agreed. I’ve never delivered one before!’ Veterans... Clacton colleagues helped raise £1,210 by playing football and (inset) Tony Gibbs 500 and counting Courier now has more than 500 followers on Twitter. Are you one of them? If not, join our growing band of followers and you could win £500 in holiday vouchers. Follow us and tweet where you’re going and why with #WereAllGoingOnASummer- Holiday to be in with a chance of winning. win! Colleagues who’d like to support Tony should email mick.collins@ royalmail.com NO DEPOSIT on brand new cars! Call us now on: 084 50 57 57 50 ROYAL MAIL BENEFIT for family members too! or Visit: www.affinityvehicleleasing.com Login: royal - Password: MAIL Vauxhall Corsa Limited Edition Only £139 per month Vauxhall Corsa - 3 door - 1.2 Limited Edition A/C Vauxhall Adam Only £139 per month Vauxhall Adam - 3 door - 1.2 JAM Nissan Juke Only £159 per month Nissan Juke - 5 door - 1.6 Visia Fiat - 500 Convertible Only £184 per month Fiat 500 Convertible - 3 door - 1.2 Pop Cars are brand new. All prices include VAT and are correct at time of print. Prices are on Personal Contract Purchase on a 4 year lease (i.e. the option to buy at the end but no obligation to do so). Other mileages, length of finance and deposits can be quoted. Full details available on request. Images are for illustration purposes only. “ All prices quoted are per month”
16 May 2013 email courier@abcomm.co.uk general Courier terms & conditions Unless otherwise stated, the following terms and conditions apply: 1. Prize draws and competitions are open only to Courier readers who are UKbased Royal Mail employees over the age of 18 or UKbased Royal Mail pensioners. 2. Closing date for receipt of entries is Friday 28 June 2013 (unless otherwise stated). Only one entry per person. No third party or bulk entries. Entries must include entrant’s name, home address and contact details such as telephone number or email address. 3. No responsibility can be accepted for entries incomplete, delayed, wrongly delivered, damaged or not received for any reason. Proof of posting is not proof of receipt. 4. Prizes must be accepted as offered and are subject to availability. No cash alternative or cash difference will be offered and prizes are not transferable. Values of prizes correct at time of going to press. 5. Winners will be notified by post 28 days after closing date. 6. Winners of prize draws are the first names drawn at random or the first correct entry drawn at random by an independent person after the closing date. 7. If a prize is not claimed within three months of the closing date, a redraw will take place. 8. Promoter’s decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into. 9. Entry implies acceptance of these rules. 10. The promoter reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value, if necessary. 11. Winners’ details are available 28 days after closing date. Send an SAE marked Prize Draw/Competition Results to Courier, AB Publishing Ltd, 24-26 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0UE. 12. Winners may be required to take part in publicity for promotions. 13. Promoter is Royal Mail Group Ltd, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0HQ. 14. Neither AB Publishing Ltd or Royal Mail are responsible for any third party direct marketing or third party offers or services. 15. Prize supplier may want to contact you directly for marketing purposes. If you would like to unsubscribe from marketing mail, please contact prize supplier directly. If you do not want to receive further information from the prize supplier and you enter by post, please write ‘no’ on your postal entry. If you do want to receive information from the prize supplier and you enter by email, please write ‘yes’ in the subject line of your email entry. Our prize is an Olympus VG-170 featuring 14 megapixels, 5x wide optical zoom, 720p HD movie and 7.6cm/3.0” colour LCD. ■ Send your snaps to courierphotos @abcomm. co.uk or post to Courier photo competition, 24-26 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0UE. Please include your home address. Tim Sams You’ve been framed Anyone for tennis? Spence Alsop from Westhill delivery office in Aberdeen had an ace time at the Indian Wells tennis tournament. ‘Our son played competitive tennis against Andy and Jamie Murray when he was young,’ says Spence. ‘We went for the final three days and saw all the world’s top eight players. I nearly got Andy Murray to pose reading Courier but he got called away – rats!’ Zeeshan Khan from Camp Hill delivery office in Birmingham took his Courier to Lahore, Pakistan. He’s pictured at the famous Wagah Border between Pakistan and India. Tim Sams from Rushden delivery office dropped in to the main post office in Little England, in the tea-growing region of Sri Lanka. Another post office pic, this time from inclusion manager Kay Clements. Kay toured Rajasthan in India and is pictured outside the local post office in Bundi. Peter Ashin from Matlock delivery office is pictured relaxing on Grenada, the spice island. ‘It was a nice winter break away from my snowy rural round,’ says Peter. Kay Clements WINner! Spence Alsop Zeeshan Khan Peter Ashin win! Wizard prize Whether it’s dungeons, sea life sanctuaries or rollercoasters that float your boat, with a Merlin annual pass you can enjoy free entry for all the family. We have a family pass for two adults and two children up for grabs, worth nearly £500. It gives you free entry to more than 30 Merlin attractions across the UK for the year (opening time restrictions apply). To be in with a chance of winning a year’s worth of entertainment, simply answer the following question and send your entry to arrive no later than Friday 28 June 2013. Don’t forget to include your name, home address and a contact number. Email couriercompetitions@ abcomm.co.uk putting Merlin in the subject box, or send your answer on a postcard to Merlin competition, 24-26 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0UE. Q: Which legendary king is Merlin associated with? The one4all Crossword Bag yourself a £10 One4all gift card in our crossword competition 6 1 2 3 4 5 Name We have 10 £10 gift cards up for grabs. Once again you’ll find some help with your answers to the crossword within this issue of Courier. Post your entry to May crossword, 24-26 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0UE to arrive by 28 June 2013. See above left for full terms and conditions. 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 15 16 9 8 Home address Postcode clues Across 4. Large brass instrument (4) 6. And 1 Down. Royal Mail improvement programme (8,8) 7. Largest city in the state of Minnesota (11) 9. ‘Love Me ____’, a hit single for The Beatles (2) 10. Ornithologist (11) 11. Charlie Brown’s dog (6) 14. And 17 Across. One of the players featured on the football heroes stamps (4,6) 15. ‘Catcher In The ____’, JD Salinger’s classic novel (3) 16. Kigali is the capital of this landlocked African country (6) 17. See 14 Across Down 1. See 6 Across 2. New ways of working at Liverpool South delivery office have halved complaints about these Royal Mail items (6,3) 3. Gambling city Las Vegas is in this US state (6) 4. Printing error (4) 5. Disgraced US cyclist (9) 8. Cooking containers (4) 11. Large, thick, flat piece of stone (4) 12. Funeral fire (4) 13. Trees associated with longbow making (4) 14. Chinese boat (4) March’s answers ACROSS 7 Doctor Who. 8 Toll. 9 Medway. 11 Error. 12 Scrub. 13 Set. 14 Skylight. 16 Two. 17 Athletes. DOWN 1 Editors. 2 McElderry. 3 Joe. 4 Sweeney. 5 Hogwarts. 6 Dehydration. 10 Website. 14 Spa. 15 Hoe.
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