Gorleston Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early morning fog of Gorleston, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar outside the post office. Every day, at exactly dawn, an old mailbag would float gently from the roof and land on the porch without anyone around. Curious, the driver followed the floating bag one misty morning—and found himself chasing it through empty streets until it landed with a soft thud next to an old gentleman watering his roses. ‘Morning,’ said the man cheerfully, picking up the bag. ‘Forgot my breakfast again.’

2. In the early morning fog of Gorleston, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar outside: a small dog frantically barking at an empty mailbox. Curious, the driver approached and saw that the little dog was trying to put a tiny envelope into the box. Turns out, it belonged to an elderly neighbor who always forgot her mail was already collected. The driver laughed, picked up the envelope, and promised to deliver it personally later. From then on, whenever anyone in Gorleston needed something delivered, they’d joke, ‘Just leave it with the little postie!’

3. In the pre-dawn quiet of Gorleston, a postal worker heard an unusual sound coming from the old clock tower. Curious, he approached and found that every morning, just before sunrise, the clock chimed not three times, but four. Curious, he climbed up and peered inside, only to discover that a regular had accidentally placed four coins instead of three in the clock’s mechanism. From then on, every dawn, the clock would chime four times—until another postal worker joked it was their secret signal for ‘morning coffee break.’