The registered blind postman who delivered a first-class service

[Still Waters]

In the 1920s, postman William Orr walked for miles every day along rural roads to deliver mail, despite the fact that he was registered as blind.

He was employed as a postal worker at Balnamore Mill in County Antrim.

Despite his visual impairment, he regularly carried mail between the mill and the nearest town, Ballymoney, a journey of about two-and-a-half miles.

His life and livelihood is now being studied as part of a UK-wide history project, involving the Postal Museum in London and four English universities.

The Addressing Health project is examining the health and mortality rates of postal workers during the Victorian and Edwardian eras - a period stretching from 1837 to 1910.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-57762587