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Beeston sorting office |
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This image was taken at the Royal Mail's Beeston
Mail Centre on Padge Road during the second week of December in
2002.
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The letters mount up as the Christmas countdown continues |
Normally the workforce will handle more than 10 million pieces of mail every week.
During the run-up to Christmas, however, this figure can rise to more than 17 million items.
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Sorting those millions of Christmas cards |
A fleet of 500 vehicles will carry the Christmas mail around Nottinghamshire.
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