A long-serving postmistress has retired after serving her community for the last half century. Janet Evans, who ran the Church Village Post Office for the last 50 years, handed over the keys to her beloved business on Wednesday, June 7.
The 73-year-old has spent her whole working life involved with the Post Office. Janet's mother, Enid George was the postmistress for Beddau and Janet started working there in 1965. She said: “My mother started in Taff Street Post Office back in 1941 - I think she was only 13 at the time. She then worked in head office and had her own Post Office in 1965. I left school and went straight there, at 16 years old, to the post office in Beddau. I was helping my mother and I loved it.
"I have always been good at maths - with my figures - and I loved anything to do with adding up. Years ago we didn’t have computers or adding up machines - we did everything in our head and bookkeeping."
