sentences:  Palazzo Parisio was bombed on 24 April 1942 and the GPO temporarily moved elsewhere in Valletta until returning to its former location 16 January 1943.During this period, some of the GPO services were transferred to the primary school of Ħamrun.Demand for postal services increased drastically after the war, and many new post offices were established in towns and villages between the 1950s and the 1980s.