Post Office (Wheeler collection)

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Riverside, where the Wheelers operated a grocery shop and sub-post office at the turn of the Millennium.

Riverside, where the Wheelers operated a grocery shop and sub-post office at the turn of the Millennium.

Cafe chairs outside Riverside grocery store and sub post office

Farewell to Mrs Phillips, outside Old Post Office. Left to right, Colin Greatham, PO offficial John Emptage, behind Mrs Phillips, Iris Porter,

Farewell to Judy Barber, 1995, with Frank and Jenny taking over the sub post. Left to right, Tina Stapley, Diana Chadwick, Monique Aldridge, Jeff Wheeler, Thelma Hoare, Jackie Wilson, Sheila Blowers, Jenny Wheeler, David Blowers, Iris Porter, Judy Barber, Frank Wheeler, Charlie Dowlon, Malcolm Barber.

Fr Christmas, Arthur Newbury with glass, Malcolm Paynter driver, outside Post Office, with two girls.

Cart with Fr Xmas outside Riverside Stores and Post Office

From 1995 to 2003, Frank and Jenny Wheeler ran a sub-post office and grocery from Riverside Stores. These are some photographs of that period, and some newspaper articles and awards they won. Three articles describe a robbery of the Post Office, as part of a spate of such events in the Home Counties.

A separate page is devoted to photographs they commissioned for use as post cards, to be sold at the shop. Click here for another page on this website, dedicated to the Post Office in East Meon.

Creator

Frank & Jenny Wheeler

Date of creation

Date of coverage

Place

East Meon Post Office

Contributor

Frank and Jenny Wheeler

Copyright

Frank and Jenny Wheeler

Reference number

EM/0072/EM/0140/EM/0146

Accession number

2014-07-036

Storage location

The photos and documents are held by Frank and Jenny Wheeler. Larger resolution digital scans on application Resources/People/Collections

Format

Digital scans of photos and documents

Downloads

Saving local shops part 1 2002 (4 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Article in Petersfield Post, 2002, on saving local shops, featuring Riverside & the Wheelers. The rest of the article is in the next PDF.

Local shops for local people Petersfield Post 2002 (4 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Part 2 of the Petersfield Post article on Saving Local Shops

Susan Hull thankyou letter (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Letter from Susan Hull thanking Wheelers for their work in the Riverside shop.

Couple settle in (486 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Local paper reports that the Wheelers have taken over form Judy Barber

Award for Meon couple 2000 (727 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Trade press announcement of award for Wheelers in 2002

PC with Petersfield, Langrish and East Meon postmarks (99 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Post card with three local post marks

Robbery at PO, March 2000 (94 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Robbery at Post Office, March 2000

Six sought 16-3-2000 (191 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Six sought for robbery

Refugee gangs (163 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Refugee gangs target home county post offices

History with milk? (417 KB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Article on Wheeler's offer of historical research

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Tags

Arthur Newbuty (1)

Collin Greatham (1)

Iris Porter (7)

Judy Barber (4)

Malcolm Painter (1)

Mrs Edna Phillips (2)

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