Royal Mail has banned a postman from wearing a fancy- dress costume illustrating his job’s most famous hazard. Michael Nelhams, 51, has been cheering up residents during lockdown by wearing wacky outfits to deliver post.
But one pair of inflatable trousers with a dog biting his rear was deemed “insensitive” after a complaint. Dad-of-two Michael has been delivering mail in his home town of Mablethorpe, Lincs, for 18 years.
He said: “I’m still going out in fancy dress, but not wearing the dog-biting-bum costume. F ollow all coronavirus updates on our live blog here “I’m keeping the spirit of my customers up and making many people smile in these hard times.” Mum-of-three Lindsey Roughan, 33, said her kids loved the outfits and added: “When