2015
HY4426 : Wyre: the post office
taken 9 years ago, near to Hawn, Wyre, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Wyre: the post office
The only retail outlet on the island is the post office, which is housed within an outbuilding of the postmistress's premises. As well as being one of the nation's smallest offices, it is reckoned to be the one with the smallest customer base, the island having a population of around 29.
The post office is open 9-11 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. Post is collected daily Monday to Saturday at 8:25am as it has to be down at the pier before 9 to catch the first ferry, which also brings the incoming mail.
There has been a post office on the island since 6 July 1885, when it was called Veira; the name Wyre was adopted on 1 October 1933.
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