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Article: Village in shock as post office shuts.
- Article from:
- Spenborough Guardian (Cleckheaton, England)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2008
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A VILLAGE post office and newsagent's will close tomorrow, leaving staff jobless, neighbouring shopkeepers fearing for their businesses and elderly people with a long walk to collect their pensions.
Roberttown post office closed on April 15 and a notice went in the window advising customers it would reopen on May 7.
However this week regulars learned that the post office will not reopen and the newsagent's side of the premises will also close.
Even the owners of the business, Andrew and Sharon Sheard, only found out that the post office would close on Monday.
The post office was due to be sold to new owners, but the deal recently ...