closure to post office in Melbourne grove

[monica]

This is my last thread on East Dulwich forum and something I feel very strong about, the closure of the post office in Melbourne grove.

Bellenden residents are petitioning to keep it open and i wish them the best of luck, Lordship lane Post office is already very busy, this closure will only add to this.

The local post office in Forest hill closed down a while ago, so all the forest hill patrons are now using primarily Lordship lane, which is not a practical solution, for some residents who live near the forest hill post office.

There is a residential facility who look after the partially sighted and registered blind, based on Lordship lane near the Hornimans museum, and i know the residents of the facility now have to use The post office on Lordship lane.

So Ed Forumites if you want to object to yet another closure of a much needed post office please email

consultation@postoffice.co.uk

Thanks

[Mark]

you can read more about the Post Office closures over here http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,96920

[Cassius]

There is a post office in the village which isn't too busy - not a real alternative but if you were going that way anyway...

[Coach Beth]

Thanks for bringing this to my attention - I am a big user of this post office, it is very handy and is never as busy as the branch at Lordship Lane.

[Drxyster]

Try the excellent Post Office in the "Forest Hill Road"

[SimonM]

Yes the queues are usually small in the Forest Hill Road one, and the staff hekpful!

[wee quinnie]

But not for much longer, if the powers that be get their way. Hmmm?

[lorraineliyanage]

The post office a few doors down from the Plough in the back of a newsagents on LL is particularly handy.

[Ko]

Agree with Lorraine - I only had to wait 2 minutes in the queue this afternoon at the Plough Post Office (2 people in front of me). That's pretty much the usual waiting time! Much, much quicker than the main Post Office by Somerfield!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

It seems dear Harriet and Tessa are all mouth:

MPs vote re post office closures motion

[SteveT]

Thanks for that Drxyster, I was not aware of any post office at the plough but I shall try it next time I need a PO.

[Cassius]

Well I suppose when you have minions to do everything for you who needs a post office.

[CamberwellOz]

Thanks for the heads up on Melbourne Grove. I just went there to post lots of letters and didn't have to wait! A great place. It is a shame it is closing down.

[lynxse]

Why didn't the local councillors save it like they did in South Camberwell?

[Cllr Richard Thomas]

Six days after the London elections, it has been confirmed that confirmed that all eight post offices in Southwark that were under threat will get the chop - including Melbourne Grove.

You can't help but wonder at the cynicism of the timing of this announcement. more on my blog

[bawdy-nan]

But that's the game isn't it. Cynical politicking...

Cllr Thomas surely wouldn't suggest that he and his cohorts at Southwark Council don't machinate with the best of them...

There have been some interesting planning decisions recently.

Some Southwark funded capital projects have met with resistance from cllrs on the executive at planning meetings. These meetings happened to take place just a short while before announcements were made about budget cuts that affected those very capital spends. If the planning had been approved the projects would have steamed ahead. As it is their budgets can be cut.

A cynic might raise an eyebrow at that and infer ulterior motives.

Someone else might baulk at conspiracy theories.

I'm not sure what I think. But I know that politics is a rich bouillabaise and you can't blame a fish for smelling fishy. Its part of the deal.

[dc]

Everyone who voted last Thursday knew the situation with regard to Post Offices and which ones were earmarked for closure.

It might have been possible to cry 'cynical' if the consultation process and the announcement of the branches due to be closed had been made today - but the fact is that the information was all out there and had been dropped into the middle of the London election campaign. The fact that this thread started on March 30th is testament to that.

[xone262]

Surely all the Ebay parcels alone must make these places profitable and worth staying open!