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Bethlehem (near Swansea ) post office is a shining light; SPIRIT: Ann Harris selling cards with the valued Bethlehem postmark COME ALL YE FAITHFUL: The popularity of the village at Christmas means the post office can stay open all year.
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Byline: TOBY WALNE
THE post office at Bethlehem is buzzing this Christmas. But the branch is nowhere near Jerusalem. Pilgrims must follow the star to Swansea and head 25 miles north to the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park to the biblically named village in Carmarthenshire.
The Bethlehem branch was axed by the Post Office two decades ago but reopened in 2000 after pleas by the subpostmaster from nearby Llandeilo, Michael Williams, 59.
'I was amazed as so many post offices have been shut down in the area. But the Post Office seemed to think ...
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