Britain’s longest-serving postie reveals weirdest Christmas presents he’s delivered Britain’s longest-serving Royal Mail postman began hand-delivering presents when he was just 16 – and has shared the most unique ones he’s handled over the years.
This year, he will log his last shift on December 28 after working nights for the past 40 years – which made it easier to care for his three young children following the sudden death of his wife, Sheila, at age 26, in 1980.
Rocky also said he loved delivering last-minute Christmas gifts to those in the area he covered: ‘It was fun, all the presents wrapped up.
Robert ‘Rocky’ Hudson, 76, has handled countless parcels after beginning his career in December 1964 in Leyton, east London.
Then, in proper Father Christmas style, he changed to delivering parcels from a sack on his back in Poplar.
