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Article: Barnwood post office to be closed
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- Citizen Gloucestershire, The
- Article date:
- January 19, 2009
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The fight is on to keep an important city post office open.
Plans have been announced to close Barnwood Post Office in March
after the owners revealed they want to sell the land. But
councillors and MPs are rallying together to try to save what they
say is a vital part of the community.
It is not the first time the branch has been threatened with the
axe. Four years ago it was placed on Post Office closure list before
it was handed a reprieve following a Citizen-backed community
campaign.
The land owners of the post office in Barnwood Road, Peregrine
Gloucester, want to close it for good.
Councillor Phil McLellan (LD, Barnwood) said it would hit the
community hard.
He said: "Peregrine ...