[Theodores]

2005 was peak mail. More letters than ever were delivered then and only in one delivery as they had got rid of the second delivery by then, with post arriving whenever rather than before breakfast. Things started to fall off a cliff in the years after that with businesses and government moving online. However, during this period, with more letters per address delivered at a time, there must have been unprecedented demand for the rubber bands.

The Royal Mail also encouraged bulk mail during that time doing final mile for companies that were competition and specialising in junk mail.

Luckily those days are over and most non elderly people in the UK can expect zero letters on most days.

[rutthenut]

We still receive junk mail with the postal deliveries a couple of times a month. Brown rubber bands too.