Post office closure sparks concerns

2:50pm Monday 11th March 2013 in News

ELDERLY residents have raised concerns about the temporary closure of a Farnworth post office.

The post office, in Brackley Street, will be closed from Wednesday, March 20, and reopen on Monday, April 8 for a major refurbishment.

But pensioners say the 20-day closure will be a huge inconvenience for people who are less mobile.

One 80-year-old resident, who did not want to be named, said: “I am very worried about this closure and think a lot of elderly people are going to be very inconvenienced.

“Many people collect there pension from Farnworth post office and would struggle to walk to the one in Kearsley or Plodder Lane.”

Once the revamp is completed, the post office will have six serving positions and will be open on Saturdays.

Regional network manager Adrian Wales, from the Post Office, said: “We understand how important having a post office is to residents in Farnworth and we are confident that this new modern service will meet the needs of the local community and secure services for the future.

“We apologise to customers for the inconvenience during refurbishment.”

The modernisation is part of a three-year investment programme, said to be the largest in the history of the Post Office, that will see about 6,000 branches refurbished.

Comments (3)

5:41pm Mon 11 Mar 13

pecky2k says...

Farnworth Main Post Office has been a disgusting mess for last few years, nothing like it was. In fact I see many Post Offices looking like shacks these days. Its about time it had a revamp, but surely they could have done the building renovations either overnight or kept it partially open to save the hassle to regular users.
Farnworth Main Post Office has been a disgusting mess for last few years, nothing like it was. In fact I see many Post Offices looking like shacks these days. Its about time it had a revamp, but surely they could have done the building renovations either overnight or kept it partially open to save the hassle to regular users. pecky2k

6:30pm Mon 11 Mar 13

boltonnut says...

Somebody said sparks concern about the Rovers Return and look what happened there!!!!!!!!!
Somebody said sparks concern about the Rovers Return and look what happened there!!!!!!!!! boltonnut

11:55pm Mon 11 Mar 13

wsw69 says...

Appalling grammar, and appalling journalism. Paragraph 5 reads as such:

“Many people collect there pension from Farnworth post office and would struggle to walk to the one in Kearsley or Plodder Lane.”

If you can not get the VERY basics of grammar correct you should not be in the business you are in. Just in case you don't know what I am getting at, it should be 'their' AND NOT 'there'. I have understood the different versions of there, their and they're since I was six years old.
Appalling grammar, and appalling journalism. Paragraph 5 reads as such: “Many people collect there pension from Farnworth post office and would struggle to walk to the one in Kearsley or Plodder Lane.” If you can not get the VERY basics of grammar correct you should not be in the business you are in. Just in case you don't know what I am getting at, it should be 'their' AND NOT 'there'. I have understood the different versions of there, their and they're since I was six years old. wsw69

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