Strand-on-the-Green Customers Launch Fund Raiser for Mrs Joshi
Sub-postmistress standing down due to ill health
Mrs Joshi behind the counter
February 11, 2024
Residents of Strand-on-the-Green and Grove Park have come together to organise an online fundraiser for Mrs Daksha Joshi BEM.
She ran the local Post Office for nearly 40 years but now has been forced to step down due to ill health.
The fundraiser, which has been set up by Ruth Ghandi, aims to raise enough money to purchase a bench with a plaque to go outside the Post Office on Strand-on-the-Green perhaps accompanied by a picture of the area.
Mrs. Joshi came to London from India in March 1980 with her husband Dilip and son Milan, who was then aged two. When it was time for him to go to school they picked the one in Strand-on-the-Green and there was also the opportunity to acquire the Post Office, a business with living accommodation nearby.
Dilip died in 1990 but she continued to run the Post Office with such diligence that she was awarded the British Empire Medal in 2013.
You can donate to the fundraiser by clicking here.
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