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East Lancashire Post Office closure dates announced
3:36pm Wednesday 16th April 2008
FINAL closure dates have been set for 24 post offices across East Lancashire which were axed as part of a Government cost cutting exercise.
It was announced earlier this month after a three month consultation process that no branches in the area would be given a reprieve as the Government seeks to stave off losses of £4m-a-week.
The closure dates for the branches are as follows:
- Preston New Road, 47 Preston New Road, Blackburn, May 6
- Cheapside, 702 Padiham Road, Burnley, April 29
- Hapton, 31 Church Street, Hapton, May 5
- Parliament Street, 70 Parliament Street, Burnley, May 1
- Piccadilly Road, 32 Piccadilly Road, Burnley, April 30
- Walk Mill 19-21 Park Road, Cliviger, May 9
- Belthorn, 8 Holden Street, Belthorn, May 8
- Church, 9a Market Street, Church, May 6
- Huncoat, 10-12 Station Road, Huncoat, May 9
- Longshoot, 19 Birch Avenue, Haslingden, May 9
- St Huberts, 108 Queen Street, Great Harwood, May 8
- Barkerhouse Road, 75 Barkerhouse Road, Nelson, April 30
- Carr Hall, 22 Bedford Street, Barrowford, April 30
- Glenwynn Causeway, Foulridge, May 12
- Gisburn Road, 61 Gisburn Road, Barnoldswick, May 12
- Higham, 2 Cross Street, Higham, May 9
- Hill Place, 12 Hill Place, Nelson, April 30
- Billington, 1 Bonny Grass Terrace, Billington, May 6
- Mellor Brook, Branch Road, Mellor Brook, May 6
- Newton-In-Bowland, Salisbury Bungalow, Newton-In-Bowland May 9
- Samlesbury, 4 St James Terrace, Samlesbury, May 7
- Lee Mill, 95 Newchurch Road, Bacup, May 9
- Sunnyhurst, 99 Hindle Street, Darwen, May 9
- Turton, 87 Wellington Road, May 8.
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Thomas, Darwen says...
5:50pm Fri 18 Apr 08
darwenite, here says...
11:15am Fri 18 Apr 08
disgusted, stacksteads says...
8:46pm Thu 17 Apr 08
thomas., Darwen says...
6:07pm Thu 17 Apr 08
dave, burnley says...
4:28pm Thu 17 Apr 08
Gordon will doubtless be eagerly waiting to give her 30 pieces of silver if the people who voted for her, ever come to their senses and show her the door.
A & M, b/wick says...
4:17pm Thu 17 Apr 08
top cat, burnley says...
9:19am Thu 17 Apr 08
observer, Hyndburn says...
5:52pm Wed 16 Apr 08
Where did the ruthlessly commercial approach to Britains post offices, and with it the massive closure programme, come from?
The current policy originates in the governments Shareholder Executive, announced by Gordon Brown in 2002 with the task to better fulfil role as shareholder of 25 publicly-owned companies like Royal Mail. Its target, on which the bosses bonuses depended, was to increase the value of the six largest companies by £1bn by 2007.
Out went any notion that public corporations were also there to provide a public service. The men brought in for the job, first led by ex-CSFB investment banker Richard Gillingwater and now by former Deutsche Bank analyst Stephen Lovegrove, duly hit the target. This was achieved largely by boosting the financial (if not service) results at Royal Mail following the installation of senior management, including Adam Crozier, on multi-million bonuses for maximising profits without penalty for service shortcomings. Unsurprisingly, under Crozier and Co, closures and redundancies have been the order of the day.
Not only do the Shareholder Executive bosses have a financial interest in slashing postal services, they are responsible for the advice ministers get on the Post Office generally, somewhat compromising the neutral, objective traditions of the civil service. Small wonder the result was a sweeping programme to close 2,500 post offices judged by the suits to be surplus to requirements
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dave, burnley says...
7:44pm Fri 18 Apr 08
Also the person saying saying that "Post Offices are useless" was probably a bit upset that day because his giro was late and he was delayed getting to the pub for opening time.