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POST MORTEM?

Sometimes the word "crisis" is overworked. But with rural post offices under increasing threat of closure, "crisis" is an uncomfortably apt description.

The village post office has been a vital part of life ever since the Royal Mail began. It provides an important service to the public - and for many folk it is a genuine lifeline and social centre too.

The economics of running post offices is extremely tight. They can rarely afford to be stand-alone traders. But even operating as general stores they face the challenge of the supermarkets and the squeeze of the Royal Mail itself.

The Government has now agreed to a large number of post office changes and closures. In our area they want to down-grade Kilve and shut Bicknoller, Basinbridgeand West Quantoxhead altogether.

In their place a new generation of sub-post offices may be rolled out - literally - on wheels:

 I looked flabbergasted when the chap from the Post Office tried to sell me the idea.

After all you can't get many customers in the back of a van, and they don't sell bread and milk either.

The idea is certainly better than a slap in the eye with a wet fish, but I would rather keep the little branches thanks very much

I pledge to challenge both the Post Office and the Government to try and reverse the decision.

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