Downham Market Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver pulled up to the old Downham Market Post Office one morning and noticed an unusual note on the door. ‘Closed for lunch,’ it read, but the clock said 9 am. ‘Who closes a post office for lunch?’ he muttered under his breath. He knocked on the door, and a gruff voice from inside growled, 'Lunchtime!' Peering through the window, he saw an elderly gentleman reading a newspaper while sipping tea. The delivery driver shook his head with a smile, thinking, 'Next time I’ll bring my own sandwich.'

2. Early one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the old Downham Market Post Office and found its doors wide open—though it had been closed for years. Curious, he stepped inside and saw an elderly gentleman in a tweed suit sorting letters with a smile on his face. ‘Morning!’ said the man cheerfully. ‘I’ve been waiting for you.’ Turned out the post office never actually closed—it was just that no one told anyone.

3. Early one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the old Downham Market Post Office. The PA crackled with an unusual announcement: ‘Attention please! Your package has arrived… from the future!’ The delivery driver opened the package curiously and found a letter addressed to himself, but written in a language he didn’t recognize. As he read it aloud, everyone in the small village gathered around, trying to make sense of the strange message. Turns out, it was just a local historian’s prank—written in Old English—and everyone had a good laugh.

4. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to the old Downham Market Post Office, he noticed something odd on the counter—a small envelope addressed simply to ‘The Next Person.’ Curious, he opened it and found inside a crumpled note that read: 'Please deliver this to someone who needs a smile today.' Below was a £5 note and a smiley face drawn in pencil. The delivery driver smiled, thinking, 'Now that’s what I call good customer service!'