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Nicholls595 Sep 2023 9:20am, 9 Sep 2023 30,878 posts	Quote Pin Nicholls595 Who remembers the post office queues on the last Saturday of each month as people queued up to renew their car tax? You don’t get that any more. There aren’t many post offices left anyway, not proper ones. Don't remember queues, but did once have to run from the campsite to Padstow Post Office to renew mine when I realised it was overdue when packing to drive home. The old Post Office is now Padstow Brewery Tasting Rooms
Steve NordRunner Sep 2023 9:23am, 9 Sep 2023 3,334 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner No Wapping lies anymore. Despite what the Express tells you, things do change for the better. No need for presses. In other words, Express —> X. Better?
Diogenes Sep 2023 9:23am, 9 Sep 2023 81,275 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes Never went there while it was a post office, been there a few times since.
swittle Sep 2023 9:24am, 9 Sep 2023 100,063 posts	Quote Pin swittle Who remembers the post office queues on the last Saturday of each month as people queued up to renew their car tax? You don’t get that any more. There aren’t many post offices left anyway, not proper ones. Oh, yes. Green log book, beige coloured MoT certificate and a cover note or insurance certificate, most of it handwritten.
um Sep 2023 9:35am, 9 Sep 2023 7,696 posts	Quote Pin um Post office queue? What was wrong with a scrap of paper sellotaped on the windscreen with 'tax in the post' written on it?
Velociraptor Sep 2023 12:17pm, 9 Sep 2023 65,248 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I seem to recall that the instructions on the back of the tax disc ended with HANDING IT IN ON THE FIRST WILL NOT DO.
cathrobinson Sep 2023 12:22pm, 9 Sep 2023 11,737 posts	Quote Pin cathrobinson One of my summer jobs at uni was cleaning cars at a dealership my mum worked at. Back then new cars came out once per year on the 1st September. Sometimes I would get the job of driving to Huddersfield to queue up to buy multiple tax discs. (I also used to remember queuing for mine when I hadn’t been organised enough to order it by post - which was pretty frequent!)
UltraDunc Sep 2023 12:48pm, 9 Sep 2023 17,293 posts	Quote Pin UltraDunc I remember queues outside post offices 10 minutes before they opened, never understood why . It’s not as though they would run out of cash paying pensions , but perhaps in the current climate it’s now feasible.
RichHL Sep 2023 1:04pm, 9 Sep 2023 22,363 posts	Quote Pin RichHL I'm waiting for the return of those good old days, along with measles epidemics and long johns.
LindsD Sep 2023 5:53pm, 9 Sep 2023 63,789 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Polio