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Six Croydon post offices under threat
5:43pm Tuesday 19th February 2008
Comments (13)The Post Office has announced it wants to close six Croydon branches as part of its national closure programme.
Offices in Thornton Heath's Bensham Lane, Coulsdon's Chipstead Valley Road and Mitcham Road, Norwood's Central Hill and South Norwood's Selhurst are threatened with closure.
Croydon town centre's post office in the High Street was also included in a list of 174 London branches, which are likely to close.
Anita Turner, Post Office Ltd's network development manager for London said: "Taking the decision to close any Post Office branch is always very difficult and we know it will cause concern to many of our customers."
Branches at the Pond, London Road and High Street, Thornton Heath, Lion Green Road, Coulsdon, South End, central Croydon, Westow Hill, Upper Norwood and an office further down Mitcham Road are set to take up the slack left behind from the proposed closures.
Nearly 2,500 branches nationwide are being axed with only 500 being replaced by another service.
The Government has announced it will be investing £1.7billion to accommodate the closures, enhance current services and compensate the staff of closing branches.
The counci's cabinet member for regeneration, Councillor Tim Pollard, said: "We are extremely disappointed that the Post Office is going ahead with the closures.
"Some of these are in highly deprived communities where people rely on being able to walk to their local branch.
"We will do everything that we can to oppose their closure and we are calling on residents to lobby the Post Office, their local MPs and the Government minister, Pat McFadden."
Councillor Gerry Ryan blasted the decision to shorten the public consultation period to six weeks.
He said: "Post Office branches are a vital service for people in my constituency.
"The Post Office should give the full 12 weeks for this consultation to enable everyone to have their say."
- What do you think of the post office closures? Post your comments below.
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judy adams, croydon says...
6:50pm Tue 19 Feb 08
it should read one half hour
and
a bunch of WELL OF BRUICATS
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
6:54pm Tue 19 Feb 08
However, you don't need to queue up in a post office to collect benefits. Do what everyone else does. Open up a bank account and your benefits will be paid directly into your account. Then - with your cash card, you simply go to a cash till and cash the money. Bills are normally paid by cheque.For posting letters - one can buy stamps now in newsagents - and, of course, e-mail is better than snail mail.
Blinky, Croydon says...
4:12pm Wed 20 Feb 08
If you want everyone to take you seriously, its probably best if you do a spell check before posting any comments. Just some advise.
But I totally agree with you on this one as I live in Croydon too and often use the main office to carry out my posting needs, by closing these offices, a lot of inconveniences will arise especially for the elderly and disabled. I think its totally unfair!
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
9:33pm Wed 20 Feb 08
Uncleboko, Selsdon says...
10:37pm Wed 20 Feb 08
Bob Peel, Croydon says...
8:34am Thu 21 Feb 08
Peoples' Post Office
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
11:19am Thu 21 Feb 08
barbara carter-brown, says...
3:51pm Fri 22 Feb 08
luke, croydon says...
12:05pm Tue 26 Feb 08
It then says branches are set to take up the slack left behind from the proposed closures.
Included amongst these is central Croydon!!!!
Am I missing something? Is there another post office in central Croydon. Judy Adams is right this post office is always busy. This is no sub-post office. It is utterly stupid.
Anne Giles you might as well suggest we close down the post offices altogether based on your logic. The truth is that at the same time as they are expanding the services they provide they are closing post offices and in this case a major one in the town centre.
ANNE GILES, SELSDON says...
9:33pm Tue 26 Feb 08
tom, croydon says...
1:54pm Thu 13 Mar 08
tom, croydon says...
4:36pm Thu 13 Mar 08
'Spell Check' Blinky should have been suspicious before he mis-guidedly berated Anne with his lower case start.
Unclebeko introduced the black economy to Anne (dodgy geezer!), and Gordon Brown sanctions Essex Council's enterprising proposition to save its own scheduled PO's whilst at the same time turning a blind eye to the continuing presence of three PO's in the Palace of Westminster!
Confused? You might well be, but in the mean time, Croydon Council need to emulate the Essex Solution - but quickly!
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judy adams, croydon says...
6:45pm Tue 19 Feb 08
This is a RIDDICULAS decision by a bunt of WELL OFF BRUICATS who have works and businesses who takes care of their post office needs so never have to experience the use of a post office first hand
judy