A Local Issue for Local People
5 February, 2008
This may not mean much to many of you but we thought the proposed closure of the Hewlett Road Post Office in Cheltenham was worth a mention.
The three people or so who regularly read our blog will recall that we had a bit of a moan about the Post Office not being very good at delivering mail.
Well our local Post office (the one just round the corner) is earmarked for closure which is a shame because it’s used by lots of people, and lots of businesses (including us) for paying in money, paying bills, paying the VAT etc etc.
Our alternative is to walk to the new local branch for local people in the middle of town – which is around half an hour there and back, and means I have to leave Skateboard tied up outside instead of leaving her guarding the office and popping out for a second. I know this sounds terribly selfish of me – as I have the ability (although not necessarily the time or inclination) to walk into town, unlike some of their current customers, however the thing that really got my goat was that in the ‘full report’ done by the Post Office and published by the local paper the one element that they didn’t seem to have taken into consideration was businesses.
I mean it’s not like we contribute anything to the local economy is it?
They mention in passing the ‘retail environment’ including a chemist, florists and fireplace shop, but what they have failed to mention are the other businesses: the Garage, the Chippy, the Cheltenham Cheese Factory, the Curry Corner, the Funeral Directors, the Barbers, the Hairdressers, the Butchers, the three companies in our building, the Accountants and other businesses round the corner, the Lib Dems office, the Pub (s), Naturewatch, Phil who works with us sometimes from down the road – I could go on – you’d get bored – but you see my point…
It also means that now we have two choices when it comes to paying in money. We can either post it (oh you have to laugh don’t you?) or we can drive to Gloucester.
The good news is that it is open to public consultation for 6 weeks. The bad news is that I’ve not seen much publicity about how you can get involved so here it is: If you want to make any comments as part of the consultation process then you have until the 17th of March. There’s a useful leaflet in the branch with the address to which you have to post your comments (now now, stop sniggering at the back there) or you can do it online
You never know – this could be the first time the Gloucestershire Echo run a headline about an MP, a Funeral Director and a Butcher doing a Dibley
A definite improvement on ‘I sold Robbie Williams a motor home’ from last year’s front pages.
Rachael posted this in We Don't Like, News
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