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PETITION TO SAVE POPULAR BEVAN WAY POST OFFICE A CHAPELTOWN Post Office is to close on August 4 and the staff that work there have started a petition to keep it open, backed by their customers.
Wendy told Look Local: “I don’t understand it, the Post Office makes a profit and is really important to the community. There has been a Post Office in this area for at least 50 years.
Wendy Marks, manager of the Post Office inside the Costcutter on Bevan Way, says she only found out that it was closing because legal notices about an alcohol licence from the Co-Op were put up outside last Thursday.
“We’ve had to start a petition because we want to save it. We understand the building is to be demolished but we’d like either the Co-op to consider having us in there or maybe find another place nearby.
It has since transpired that Costcutter have not had their contract renewed and Co-Op have secured it.
“We have a lot of elderly people coming in and without this, they would have to travel to Chapeltown centre or to High Green which doesn’t sound very far but with the limited bus service, it’s not easy for them.
It is believed that the current building will be demolished and a new one built but there are currently no plans to replace the Post Office and it looks like the two staff, including Wendy, will be made redundant. There will be other jobs lost too, with the nine Costcutter staff also facing redundancy. The Post Office is set to close on August 4 and Costcutter will then close on August 6. Wendy Marks, right, is ready to fight to keep the valuable Chapeltown service
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