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When I was a telegram boy, we delivered all of our telegrams on foot as our area was densely populated; for example: we were timed out and in by our office — with a maximum delivery time of 22 minutes from our office to the farthest point- which was ‘Number 1 London’ which is the house of the Duke of Wellington, and it’s situated on Hyde Park corner.

At the time, just by coincidence we didn’t have a Hilton Hotel — the Hilton Hotel was just a block of houses between the Dorchester Hotel and Hertford Street; and by coincidence - one side of the road is a house known as ‘Londonderry House’ - which is a famous house.

See more of Bill's stories:

• A White-Faced Inspector
• Chipolatas and Chips
• Doody
• Given a bit of cheek
• High-Tailed it home
• How it all began
• I was BKFJ434
• ’Let him go and let him tarry’
• In a split second timing
• Oranges and Lemons
• Rotten Bananas
• Waste not, Want not
• It was coming straight for me
• Using more of my nine lives
• Tiny and Shiny
• Free post
• Time just came and went

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