About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to Kings Heath Post Office and noticed something odd. A small dog, usually shy around strangers, barked excitedly from behind the fence, pointing its nose towards the mail slot. Curious, the driver leaned down and peered through the slot. To his surprise, he saw not a dog, but an elderly neighbor waving frantically inside, trying to signal that the post office was out of stamps. The delivery driver laughed aloud, realizing it had been a case of mistaken identity. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Kings Heath Post Office, they’d whisper, ‘That’s where the postal worker almost got bitten by a stamp-starved neighbor!’
2. One day, a little girl walked into the Kings Heath Post Office with her piggy bank in hand. As she approached the counter, the cashier couldn’t help but notice something unusual—every time she shook it, the piggy bank seemed to whisper ‘Mail me!’ The cashier smiled and asked what she wanted to mail. The little girl replied that she was sending a letter to her friend who lived far away. With a twinkle in his eye, the postal worker gently took the piggy bank, stamped it, and placed it on the conveyor belt. To everyone's surprise, as it moved towards the exit, the piggy bank waved goodbye with its painted hands! That afternoon, the whole neighborhood talked about how the Kings Heath Post Office had sent out their very first 'mailing piggy'.
3. One afternoon, as a regular approached the Kings Heath Post Office, he heard an unexpected announcement over the intercom: ‘Attention please! We’ve just received a package addressed to “Dear Future Owner of This Building.”’ The clerk looked puzzled for a moment before smiling and saying, 'It’s probably another one of those mistaken deliveries.' A delivery driver shrugged and walked away, muttering something about 'postal magic'. The regular chuckled and shook his head, thinking it was yet another quirky tale from the mysterious world of Kings Heath Post Office.
4. One evening, a neighbor dropped by the Kings Heath Post Office carrying a large box. As soon as she opened it, a tiny bird flew out and started chirping around the counter. Everyone in line burst out laughing, including the postal clerk who had never seen anything like it before. The clerk gently caught the little fellow and asked if anyone knew whose it was. A delivery driver chimed in, saying he’d just brought that package from a local nursery. They decided to release the happy little creature back outside, where it promptly found its way into someone’s garden, much to everyone's amusement.