BETHALTO — David Manley carried mail in Bethalto for 34 years, retiring in 2007, but his love for the job continues in a collection of more than 700 postal carrier figurines, Christmas ornaments, comic books, puzzles, and pictures.
His collection started when his niece bought him a figurine for Christmas in 1985.
Manley said the second figurine came a few months later, and then the hobby took off.
He still has the first figurine, along with a companion piece showing the same mailman, older but still walking the route.
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