Show bermuda mailmen add courtesy to speed record in delivery be livery of mail on island the old adage adae that the postman always rings twice Is topped in bermuda by the tact fact that this col onys anys postmen frequently deliver mail within 20 minutes after letters are posted furthermore his bajes tys carrier thanks the receiver for accepting the mail not only once but probably twice mailmen in the coral islands in the mid atlantic are an extremely courteous lot the cool white houses that border the winding coral stone highways are arc visited by islands mailmen who wiio embody typical bermudian courtesy in both manner and speech there are 31 postmen on the islands who know by heart an all the family names in bermuda that would confuse the average postman to the point of distraction rarely do the Outer bridges the tuckers the darrells the smiths the coopers and the get the wrong mail the islands postmen know all the initials that go with the old islands names and letters never go astray in bermuda where traffic is confined to bicycles and horse and carriage although the swiftest transportation of the century airplane service is utilized in reaching the islands the flees have set up quite a few records for speed in mail belive delivery ry that american postmen would find difficult to beat delivery is made in less than six hours over the greatest distance on the islands which extends from st georges to somerset 24 miles in a all 11 |