Proposed Post Office Closures in Sussex

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

The Post Office published its proposals for GOSBTS this morning and the 6 week public consultation starts today.

Don't trust the papers, download what you need from here:
http://www.postoffice.co.uk/portal/po/content1?catId=57600693&mediaId=57600697

Use or lose it.

 

[REDLAND]

I see my local one (bottom of Preston Drove) is scheduled for closure

that Smarts quite a bit actually.

 

[Woodchip]

Another two in Seaford set to close.

Think that leaves a grand total of two for a population of 25,000 (Walmer Road and Church Street).

 

[Wardy]

Anyone able to post a list. For some reason I am not able to open list.

 

[Superphil]

Bowness Avenue, 8 Seadown Parade, Lancing
Church Road, 137 Lower Church Road, Burgess Hill
Claremont Road, 23 Claremont Road, Seaford
Collington, 2 Collington Mansions, Bexhill-On-Sea
Copthorne, Common Road, Copthorne, Crawley
Crowhurst, Crowhurst, Battle
Downlands, 1 Downlands Parade, Worthing
Durgates, Durgates, Wadhurst
Elm Grove, 150 Elm Grove, Brighton
Etchingham Road, Etchingham Road, Eastbourne
Fairways Estate, 4 Newick Close, Seaford
Framfield, The Street, Framfield, Uckfield
Franklands Village, Franklands Village, Haywards Heath
Hailsham Road, Hailsham Road, Heathfield
Heene Road, 62-66 Heene Road, Worthing
Landport, 34 Lee Road, Lewes
London Road, 91 London Road, Bexhill-On-Sea
Marine Parade, 15/17 Seaside, Eastbourne
Mount Pleasant, 2 Avis Parade Shops, Newhaven
New England Road, 42-44 America Lane, Haywards Heath
North Chailey, Haywards Heath Road, Lewes
North Lancing, Mill Road, North Lancing
North Parade, 24 North Parade, Horsham
Old Shoreham, Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea
Old Town Hastings, 70 George Street, Hastings
Preston, 221 Preston Road, Brighton
Preston Road, 13 Preston Road, Brighton
Queen Street, 70 Queen Street, Horsham
Richardson Road, Richardson Road, Hove
Slindon, Slindon Top Road, Slindon, Arundel
South Lancing, 83 South Street, South Lancing
Southern Cross, 86 Trafalgar Road, Portslade, Brighton
St Johns Common, 95 London Road, Burgess Hill
St Leonards Green, 45 Springfield Road, St Leonards
St Leonards Road, 15 St Leonards Road, Horsham
Station Road, 12-14 Station Road, Horsham
The Broadway, 1/2 The Broadway, Eastbourne
The Parade, 40 Broadwater Road, Worthing
The Strand, The Strand, Worthing
Tilling Green, Tilling Green News, 45 Lea Avenue, Rye
Town Row, Yew Tree Lane - Town Row, Crowborough
Trafalgar Street, 8 Trafalgar Street, Brighton
Upper Dicker, Coldharbour Road, Upper Dicker, Hailsham
Wannock, 41 Farmlands Way, Polegate
Warnham, 3 Church Street, Warnham, Horsham
WashingtonThe Frankland Arms, London Road, Pulborough
West Beach, 132 Beach Green, Shoreham-By-Sea
White Rock, 32-33 White Rock, Hastings
Willingdon, 116 Wish Hill, Willingdon, Eastbourne

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Brighton and Hove Post Offices proposed for closure:-

Elm Grove 150 Elm Grove Brighton BN2 3DB
Trafalgar Street 8 Trafalgar Street Brighton BN1 4EQ
Preston 221 Preston Road Brighton BN1 6SA
Preston Road 13 Preston Road Brighton BN1 4QE
Richardson Road Richardson Road Hove BN3 5RB
Southern Cross 86 Trafalgar Road, Portslade BN41 1GS

 

[Lord Bracknell]

The other day I was talking with someone who is involved in preparing a campaign to keep local Post Offices open. Apparently there are a number of village Post Office proprietors who are hoping to be closed down, because closure offers them the prospect of a decent retirement / redundancy / compensation package that would never come their way if they simply stayed open and reached retirement age in the normal way.

Needless to say, these views are often at odds with the wishes of the local community who use the shop that will close when the post office goes.

 

[Goodfella]

It's the pensioners i feel sorry for.

 

[Superphil]

Bizzarely in my little village we have 2 little post offices. I would have bet my Mortgage on one of them being closed in this round of closures, but neither of them is. Glad I didn't make a bet.

 

[Cian]

It's the pensioners i feel sorry for.

Aren't pensions paid in to bank accounts by default and not at post offices anymore?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Aren't pensions paid in to bank accounts by default and not at post offices anymore?

Indeed they are. And stamps can be bought anywhere.

What gets lost when a local post office goes is the shop that it supports. In rural areas, this is often the only shop for miles. Running a village shop is uneconomical without the income from the Post Office.

 

[gullshark]

The one near my house and the one near my office are both scheduled to close

ffs

 

[Brovion]

Indeed they are. And stamps can be bought anywhere.

What gets lost when a local post office goes is the shop that it supports. In rural areas, this is often the only shop for miles. Running a village shop is uneconomical without the income from the Post Office.

What about sending parcels?

 

[Nibble]

There are thusands of ways to send parcels nowadays.

 

[Grendel]

The nearest Post Office to me is closing but, thinking about it, I've never actually used it anyway.

 

[bhaexpress]

They closed the main Post Office in Central Bromley which was a big one. It's now in WH Smiths and is a complete zoo.

 

[Nibble]

Only grannies send parcels from small post offices and who wants their shit presents anyway?

 

[Stinky Kat]

Crozier's salary of £1,000,000 + has to be paid for by making efficiencies - sod the old ladies who now have to travel further for their pensions.

More chamopagne Crozier? Caviar? Go on you deserve it

 

[Nibble]

Crozier's salary of £1,000,000 + has to be paid for by making efficiencies - sod the old ladies who now have to travel further for their pensions.

More chamopagne Crozier? Caviar? Go on you deserve it

Good point, well made.

 

[Goodfella]

Aren't pensions paid in to bank accounts by default and not at post offices anymore?

Didn't particularly mean for pensions,but a lot of older folk i know use the local post office for little bits of grocery to save them going to one of the larger supermarkets, often miles from where they live.