{"id":70945,"date":"2026-05-07T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=70945"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:02:29","slug":"watch-sheffield-post-office-garners-a-million-views-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/watch-sheffield-post-office-garners-a-million-views-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sheffield Post Office garners a million views on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Sheffield Post Office has gone viral on social media for their relatable videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crookes Post Office have created videos for TikTok and Instagram that have received over one million views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Burrows, 24, and Alex Blake, 26, co-managers of the shop, wanted to modernise people\u2019s views on post offices across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Burrows said: \u201cIt\u2019s very important, especially today, when people are bringing out lockers there\u2019s a lot of competition for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut at the same time there\u2019s nothing like us. 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