A 'delighted' Suffolk postmaster had his own red letter day on Thursday by reopening his Post Office just three weeks after being flooded out by Storm Babet.
Roger Tripp was facing the prospect of his Framlingham Post Office being out of action for four months after water poured into the branch in Riverside during heavy rainfall at the end of October.
Large parts of the town, including roads and homes, were flooded during Storm Babet as Framlingham Mere burst its banks.
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But the Post Office has now been restored after shopkeeper Bill Bulstrode offered Mr Tripp the use of part of his Bulstrodes and Framlingham Toy Shop in Bridge Street.
"I think we have done amazingly well in just under three weeks since the flood and we have got a presence back into town. We are delighted.
"We have had incredible support from the Post Office to achieve this," Mr Tripp said.
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Earlier this month, he described Mr Bulstrode's invitation as a 'very generous offer' and said he hoped the arrangement would be 'beneficial for both of us'.
Initially, family firm Fairweather Law had offered Mr Tripp the use of its office next door to the Post Office's Riverside home, but the postmaster found there was not enough space.
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Mr Tripp said he was hoping the branch at Bulstrodes and Framlingham Toy Shop would be able to offer 99% of services, although foreign currency transactions and driving licence renewals were not yet available.
In October, the EADT revealed that the post office would need to vacate its site for four to six months after an assessor deemed the property to be a biohazard in the aftermath of the flood and told Mr Tripp that he needed to move out.
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