It was with some relief I read Bill Taylor (Letters, July 1) saying the new mail structure is bedding in at Hove, normal deliveries are made between 9am and lunchtime and the office clears its mail every day.

Perhaps Fourth Avenue is in a different Hove. We do not appear to have a daily delivery and on the days we do receive post, it can be anything up to about 4.30pm when it arrives and then it is often delivered to the wrong address.

Most delivery days the postmen seem to operate a random delivery system and frequently I redeliver mail to the correct address.

So much of my mail fails to arrive. I wonder where it goes. The person who does deliver it is not in uniform, which does not inspire confidence.

Recently I wrote to Royal Mail to complain, enclosing a letter that had been incorrectly delivered to my address. I have received no acknowledgement nor reply. Of course, if they have written to me, their letter could have gone anywhere.

Dale Marland

-Fourth Avenue, Hove