Country's oldest postmistress puts her former village post office up for sale

A woman thought to have been the country's oldest postmistress is selling her former post office.

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The Old Post Office on Claverley High Street has gone up for sale.

For nearly eight decades it was the workplace of Kay White, thought to be the country's oldest postmistress.

Kay began working at Claverley Post Office, near Bridgnorth, during the Second World War in 1941 when she was just 14 years old.

Kay White celebrating her 93rd birthday in 2020 and 60 years as Postmistress at Claverley Post Office
Kay White celebrating her 93rd birthday in 2020 and 60 years as Postmistress at Claverley Post Office

In 1960, at the age of 33, Kay became the village's postmistress and when the branch's former owner died in the 1970s, he left the post office - and the accommodation with it - in his will for Kay.