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mark occomore



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 10:09 am    Post subject: Secret Post Office Closures. Reply with quote

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Union leaders have accused the Royal Mail of planning to shut 13 sorting offices by stealth with the loss of up to 5,000 jobs.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7756144.stm

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They do need to save money. I do think it's wrong to cover things up, when thousands rely on there services each and every day?
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How many secret post offices were there? Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They were so secret they called them 'sorting offices' not 'post offices' Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reminds me of those cold war films where the spies offices were disguised as bookshops Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Maybe this is why Damian Green was arrested. Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmm typical:- all the post offices I've seen are painted bright red with "Post Office" in large yellow text over the door. Daddy- I want a <stamp foot>SECRET Post Office!
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John W



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, we've got two secret post offices near us.

One is hidden in a back corner of an Asian grocer shop and the other is at the back of a WH Smith!

I went to the Asian one at 1.00pm and sure enough it was closed!!

(It opened again at 1.30)
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was surprised to find that, with the round of post office closures which they have just completed, it wasn't just the small, rural branches which got the chop, but some large offices in major towns and cities, for example (because we've been there) Worcester and Fort William. In both those cases they have taken space in the local W H Smith, but the signage isn't exactly eyecatching, and in the Worcester store the post office is on the upper floor, reached by escalator, which must cause problems for the elderly and disabled.


The rationalisation of sorting offices seems a natural thing to undertake to make the back office functions of Royal Mail more efficient - in some areas they are closing two or more offices and replacing them with one larger one - and save money. Mind you, they could also save money by not having sent everyone a Christmas card this year.

Since they have little or no public access (as opposed to the local delivery offices where you go to pick up undelivered mail) I'm not sure that national public consultation on the matter is required.
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