This little delivery office (and I mean little) is so cramped and tiny that if you go to retrieve a…read morepackage during peak hours (lunchtimes etc) then it's a strong possibility that you'll be queuing outside the door or jostling elbows with the other poor folk. The staff are pretty bossy and unfriendly, but so would I be if I was trapped in that little building all day.

Having missed a recorded delivery letter and a package I was awaiting at home, I heaved a heavy…read moresigh at having to go to pick them up from the delivery office. Nice surprise - before Christmas they open at 7.00 so I was over the threshold on the dot! The office has been smartened up since my last visit (in September) and the young lady behind the counter was cheerful, polite and happy to help me. At 7.00 am that's worth brownie points in my book. So a professional service in a clean smart environment. Yes, it can get crowded but the counter staff generally do their best under some pressure, especially at this time of year. I hope it continues to be as neat and tidy as it is now, as it's definitely more pleasant to wait for your letters/parcels etc.and I imagine for the staff too.

This post office is within walking distance of Barry Further Education College and it is attached…read moreto a general grocery store, so it is well used at lunch times and around 4pm. It is on a main bus route and also has a small car park around the back of the store. The post office staff can be less than enthusiastic, and sometimes they make you feel as though you've disturbed their peaceful day by daring to use the post office. However, it is convenient and if you decide to buy a snack on your way back through the store, the prices are not that much more than a major supermarket would charge.

This has recently had a complete change and is now housed inside a costcutters so you can now pick…read moreup some wine with your stamps! It is open long hours too (all day saturday and late on a wednesday whereas it only used to open on the mornings those days). The staff are friendly and it is always clean and well stocked. They also have a lottery terminal there.

This post office is friendly and local and quite charming, actually. They are quite busy, although…read moremanage to serve customers quickly and politely. Better than most banks then. This is a small example of the local post office, it's particularly friendly and quaint. This is a classic little post office that sell precisely everything that you want it to. By no means as busy as the post office in the centre of town, this is a great one to pop into if you want to avoid the queues and spend your afternoon doing something productive instead. There is something British and charming about any post office, I think. In this age we live in swiftly moving towards a paperless society, then maybe one day these premises will, all around the country, become obsolete. Perhaps they'll just be empty brick shells that sell stamps to collectors and pencil sharpeners (although only artists would buy them). Balls of fluff will gather in the corners. But no! We cannot let this happen, we must support our local establishments. Without the postal system, how would housewives have affairs? How would charities give you free pens? We would all have boarded up little slots in our front doors. Support! Support! Support!!

This place is hands down the friendliest little post office in all of Cardiff. Other local post…read moreoffices can make anybody other than fully paid up pension-drawers feel like outsiders, as though they need another three decades as a customer before they're greeted with warmth afforded the lived-here-all-my-life old-timers. In Victoria Park Post Office, however, the chatty postmistress will know your name inside a couple of weeks of visiting, and that can only make the ordinarily drab experience of queuing to send a parcel a touch cheerier. The shop side of things is less of a necessity, given the abundance of convenience stores along Cowbridge Road, but stocks a handy range of stationary and packing materials nevertheless. When post offices closures are aligned with the destruction of local community spirit, you normally think of tiny hamlets and sleepy villages. But this end of Canton would be far poorer without this encouragingly welcoming outlet.

Oh, I truly adore this post office. It's like walking back into a time when finding countries in…read morewardrobes was possible. Although this is a small example of the local post office, it's particularly friendly and quaint. This is a classic little post office that sell precisely everything that you want it to. By no means as busy as the post office in the centre of town, this is a great one to pop into if you want to avoid the queues and spend your afternoon doing something productive instead. There is something British and charming about any post office, I think. In this age we live in swiftly moving towards a paperless society, then maybe one day these premises will, all around the country, become obsolete. Perhaps they'll just be empty brick shells that sell stamps to collectors and pencil sharpeners (although only artists would buy them). Balls of fluff will gather in the corners. But no! We cannot let this happen, we must support our local establishments. Without the postal system, how would housewives have affairs? How would charities give you free pens? We would all have boarded up little slots in our front doors. Support! Support! Support!!

This is a small post office on St Fagan's Road, Fairwater, Cardiff. Family run with all the usual…read morepost office facilities, the staff are always friendly and helpful with your enquiries at the counter. I use this post office regularly as it is quite close to me, I never have to queue very long and the staff always smile. Usual post office activities of stamps, sending letters, parcels etc, pay bills, get cash at the counter, greetings cards for sale and also a small grocery section for your forgotten items or top up shopping. No car tax facility at this office though so I have to travel further to an alternative office.

Although this post office is annoyingly out of my way, I still forgive them every time I finally…read moremake it there with sweat dripping down my neck, and they greet me with lovely smiles. Darn them. This is a classic little post office that sell precisely everything that you want it to. By no means as busy as the post office in the centre of town, this is a great one to pop into if you want to avoid the queues and spend your afternoon doing something productive instead. There is something British and charming about any post office, I think. In this age we live in swiftly moving towards a paperless society, then maybe one day these premises will, all around the country, become obsolete. Perhaps they'll just be empty brick shells that sell stamps to collectors and pencil sharpeners (although only artists would buy them). Balls of fluff will gather in the corners. But no! We cannot let this happen, we must support our local establishments. Without the postal system, how would housewives have affairs? How would charities give you free pens? We would all have boarded up little slots in our front doors. Support! Support! Support!!

This is an exceptionally handy store in Pontcanna which has somehow managed to keep it clientele in…read morethe age of local supermarkets sprouting up left right and centre. Back in the day, Pontcanna was full of little corner shops, and now only a few remain, and this is the only one that's not rundown and tired. Pontcanna Stores is an independent Spar, of sorts. It sells a wide range of food and drink, including fresh fruit and vegetables and frozen food. basically, when you can't decide what to cook for dinner and Tesco is too far away, this is your place. This store is also a Post Office; they joined forces many years ago after knocking through their dividing wall. Now this is a well used hub of postage labels and envelopes. A very handy shop, which is run by some lovely people. It's also very tidy and well laid out, and surprisingly large once you're inside.

You can tell when you are in the posh part of town when the corner shops have displays for…read moreexclusive studio family photography in the window, like Pontcanna Stores does! It is possibly a little misleading to call this outlet a corner shop, because in reality it is a lot bigger than your average grocers, and of course, does a whole lot more. It's a Post Office, newsagent, grocers and off-license, that maintains a really high standard throughout. Run by an Asian family, they inevitably work really hard. With the supermarkets upping the ante each year it's just as well. I wonder who will ultimately win the battle for grocery business, (the multi-trillion squillion market for food)... will we ultimately realise that the supermarkets are breaking up our communities, and start voting with our feet and hearts... paying that little extra to shop locally, but saving on fuel and reducing our carbon footprint? Or will the Asian shop-kepper win the battle on their own... ever ingenious, and always willing to work until it hurts and beyond... will they simply not give up the battle until it's won? I hope so.