Frontline Workers: Virus bringing back tradition of writing

Postcards from children to much missed grandparents, covered in drawings of flowers and of families holding hands under a bright yellow sun, are some of the special deliveries postman Anthony Buckley makes to the isolating every day.
Frontline Workers: Virus bringing back tradition of writing

On his route in Cork, Anthony Buckley delivers the post. Pic: Larry Cummins
On his route in Cork, Anthony Buckley delivers the post. Pic: Larry Cummins

Postcards from children to much missed grandparents, covered in drawings of flowers and of families holding hands under a bright yellow sun, are some of the special deliveries postman Anthony Buckley makes to the isolating every day.

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