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One Wimbledon post office has been saved from closure while the future of another in West Norwood is being reviewed.
The Post Office had planned to close the Kingston Road post office along with 169 others across London.
But a backlash from customers has led to the decision to keep the Wimbledon branch and six others open.
The Post Office said the high number of elderly people and businesses who relied on the branch, along with the hilly terrain and lack of direct buses to other branches led them to keep it open.
According to watchdog Postwatch, the company has also agreed to review its decision to close the Gipsy Road branch in West Norwood.
A poster has been put up in the window of the branch saying the closure decision is under review.
More than 3,000 people signed a petition calling for the branch to remain open.
Speaking last month, sub postmaster Niranjan Francis said his branch, which made profits of more than £50,000 last year, should not close, insisting it would have a devastating effect on the community.
He said many of his customers are elderly and would find it difficult reaching and parking at the branch closest to Gipsy Road, in Seeley Drive, Sydenham Hill. He also said the branch was a focal point for the community, which would disintegrate in its absence.
And despite being offered £110,000 in compensation for the closure of his branch, Mr Francis vowed then to sacrifice it to help his customers.
Postwatch greater London chairman Roger Darlington said: "All post office closures inevitably inconvenience customers but I am pleased with the news that seven proposed closures in London are to be withdrawn and that none of these will be the subject of substitute proposals.
"This reduces the impact of the closure programme in the capital a little and shows that Post Office Ltd has listened to customers and Postwatch during the consultation exercise."
Following six weeks of consultation, Post Office Ltd has announced at least 155 of the 169 branches on the closure list will shut from next month.
The Post Office is also looking at ways of dealing with growing demand at its Croydon High Street branch created by closing other branches.
The branches to close are:
Abbeville Road, Clapham,
Balham High Road, Balham,
Battersea Park Road, Battersea,
Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath,
Bishopsford Road, Morden,
Broad Street, Teddington,
Burlington Road, New Malden,
Cambridge Parade, Twickenham,
Carshalton Road, Carshalton,
Central Hill, Norwood,
Chestnut Grove, Richmond Road, Kingston,
Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon,
Chiswick High Road, Chiswick,
Clapham High Street, Clapham,
Coombe Lane, Wimbledon,
Gander Green Lane, Sutton,
Garratt Lane, Wandsworth,
Green Lane, Morden,
High Street, Croydon,
Hook Rise, Surbiton,
Lower Richmond Road, Putney,
Mitcham Junction, Seymour Road, Mitcham,
Mitcham Lane, Mitcham,
Norbiton Common, Kingston Road, New Malden,
Old Isleworth, South Street, Isleworth,
Park Avenue, Whitton Road, Hounslow,
Plough Green, Malden Road, Worcester Park,
Putney Bridge Road, Putney,
Selhurst Road, South Norwood,
Hermitage Lane, South Streatham,
Surbiton Park, Surbiton Road, Kingston
The Common, Staines Road, Twickenham,
The Parade, Mitcham Road, Croydon,
Trinity Road, Wandsworth,
Wimbledon High Street, Wimbledon Village,
Woodside Parade, Leopold Road, Wimbledon,
Wrythe Lane, Carshalton.
11:15am Wednesday 7th May 2008  Print  Email this  CommentPosted by: R, Wimbledon on 2:00pm Wed 7 May 08 Well, thats my local one shut down...I haven't got a clue where I CAN go to a Post Office any more! Well, thats my local one shut down...I haven't got a clue where I CAN go to a Post Office any more! Posted by: jim, balham on 2:37pm Wed 7 May 08 What will the elderly in Balham do with the post office closing?
Its totally out of order that a vibrant community should not have a post office. Boris do something Now !! What will the elderly in Balham do with the post office closing?
Its totally out of order that a vibrant community should not have a post office. Boris do something Now !! Posted by: Postman Pat, Croydon on 7:08pm Wed 7 May 08 how can they be saying they are looking at the impact of the closures on Croydon high street branch when it says its closing on the list? how can they be saying they are looking at the impact of the closures on Croydon high street branch when it says its closing on the list? Posted by: dadshedz, Tooting on 9:18pm Wed 7 May 08 why have this sham consultation, why waste peoples precious time thinking they might be listened to, PO Ltd and Postwatch are deaf and blind,stop this insincere phoney process now, admit there is little that will change your minds,all the following are ignored, proving how innacurate your Branch Access Reports are, the unfair uneven spread of closures, the lack of consultation with alternative offices forced to take on the extra business, perhaps Post Office Ltd and Postwatch should look up the english meaning of consultation "seek information or advice" neither are of interest to them,
despite all the errors, understatements, overstatements
clustering of closures, Petitions, local campaigns, and letters. This is not a consultation,
this really is a sham
endoresed and supported by the Labour Government, I hope they can all sleep well in their beds knowing the extra problems they have caused the poor, disabled, infirm and elderly having to travel greater distances to post offices that often will be difficult to get to, crowded and forced to wait in longer queues, shame on all of you. why have this sham consultation, why waste peoples precious time thinking they might be listened to, PO Ltd and Postwatch are deaf and blind,stop this insincere phoney process now, admit there is little that will change your minds,all the following are ignored, proving how innacurate your Branch Access Reports are, the unfair uneven spread of closures, the lack of consultation with alternative offices forced to take on the extra business, perhaps Post Office Ltd and Postwatch should look up the english meaning of consultation "seek information or advice" neither are of interest to them,
despite all the errors, understatements, overstatements
clustering of closures, Petitions, local campaigns, and letters. This is not a consultation,
this really is a sham
endoresed and supported by the Labour Government, I hope they can all sleep well in their beds knowing the extra problems they have caused the poor, disabled, infirm and elderly having to travel greater distances to post offices that often will be difficult to get to, crowded and forced to wait in longer queues, shame on all of you. Posted by: mr m j greenslsde, bensham lane cr7 7er on 5:23am Sat 10 May 08 how the hell are we supposed to get to a post office being disabled it will take two busses to get there how the hell are we supposed to get to a post office being disabled it will take two busses to get there Posted by: peoples' post office (not), nowhere 'cause I'm closed down on 2:22pm Mon 12 May 08 [quote][bold]mr m j greenslsde[/bold] wrote:
how the hell are we supposed to get to a post office being disabled it will take two busses to get there[/quote] You're not. The bus driver won't let you on anyway because of the sheer number of single mothers and their buggies ans screaming offspring jamming the entire place down. mr m j greenslsde wrote:
how the hell are we supposed to get to a post office being disabled it will take two busses to get there You're not. The bus driver won't let you on anyway because of the sheer number of single mothers and their buggies ans screaming offspring jamming the entire place down.
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