Kamalbir Nandra(Kamal) who, along with his wife, Dalbir (Bobby) has been running the Ellesmere Post Office since l992, has decided it is time to have a change.
During the last 20 years they have given friendly and efficient service to a wide variety of people from the local area and they will be greatly missed by all their regular customers. Kamalbir told me:
“This is a very busy post office, being the only one which serves the local community. It has been a demanding job but we have enjoyed working in Burngreave. Being able to speak Urdu, Punjabi and some Somali has been a great help in this situation.
There have been a lot of changes in the Spital Hill area since we first came here in 1992, particularly in the ownership of local shops. There have been many improvements and the area feels much safer now.”
Kamalbir trained as a medical doctor in India, working in general practice and ICU in New Delhi. He came to the UK in 1981, living first in London and then in Rotherham where he ran a corner shop for a few years as his medical qualifications from India didn't allow him to practice as a doctor here. In his spare time he is also an accomplished violinist and singer who both writes and plays his own music. In his early twenties he won the Indian equivalent of the Young Musician of the Year award and has since played with the Bournemouth Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London for a season.
I asked Kamalbir what plans he and his wife had for the future:
“We shall first take some time to have a good rest after the last 20 years. The decision to leave here has been taken quite recently so we need time to think about future activities. In the meantime I shall have more time to enjoy my music, which hasn't always been possible with the demands of running a post office.”
Kamal and Bobby wanted to give a vote of thanks to all their customers and I'm sure all the customers of Ellesmere Post Office will want to join the Burngreave Messenger in wishing them every happiness and sucess in their future life
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