About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Mount Street Post Office, a regular shouted one morning, ‘Did you see that guy stamp himself?’ Ever since then, employees claim they can hear someone getting their mail stamped even when no one’s there. One day, a delivery driver walked in confusedly, asking if anyone had seen his van. An employee smiled and replied, ‘It’s parked outside, sir—we just sent it through the time machine!’ Since then, whenever someone complains about slow service, they mutter, ‘Must be stuck in the past again.’
2. At Mount Street Post Office, an elderly lady exclaimed one day, 'I just saw the strangest thing!' She paused dramatically before adding, 'The mailman tried to deliver a package addressed to “Mr. Unseen”!' Everyone burst out laughing, including the perplexed delivery driver who had no idea what ‘Mr. Unseen’ meant. The old lady beamed, saying, ‘Well, I guess some packages are better left unseen!’ And from that day on, whenever anyone mentioned Mr. Unseen, everyone at the post office would smile and nod knowingly.
3. At Mount Street Post Office, a delivery driver stopped mid-sentence when he noticed something odd in the mail sorting area. Every afternoon, right around three o’clock, the air filled with the distinct scent of freshly baked cookies. Curious, he followed the scent and found an old lady quietly packing cookies into envelopes, each addressed to different parts of London. ‘Oh,’ she said, smiling warmly, ‘I bake these every day for our postal workers—keeps us all happy!’ The delivery driver laughed, realizing his mistake. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Mount Street Post Office, they’d wink knowingly and say, ‘Ah, that place where the cookies mysteriously appear.’
4. At Mount Street Post Office, a sign above the counter read: ‘If your letter doesn’t fit, write smaller thoughts.’ One day, an elderly neighbor tried to send a huge envelope filled with old photos and letters. The clerk smiled and said, 'Sir, if your letter doesn't fit, we'll just make it a family album!' And so they did—now everyone in the neighborhood gets a monthly update on who’s doing what.