Mountains of packages were piled up in cages outside Warrington delivery office as postal workers continue to strike for better pay.
Images and videos shared with The Mirror by the Communication Workers Union this week showed cages full of undelivered post both outside and inside mail centres this week, causing "chaos".
But Royal Mail said the scenes were “typical for this time of year” and letters were only left outside for short periods of time, just as the delivery trucks were unloaded and cages were ready to be moved indoors.