(The first customer of the new North Cave post office Mr Eric Howard & with Maria Shelton)
Some really fantastic news for the people of North Cave, who have got their post office back this morning.
It was less than 6 months ago that
the long standing Post Office in the village closed, this a couple of years
after the village also lost the cash machine when the HSBC refused to reinstall
the machine after a botched robbery.
Well done to North Cave shop owners
Maria and Paul Skelton for incorporating the Post Office Local facility into their village shop, I looked into
the business case with them and it’s not that they will make a fortune out of
this – especially with the post office counter taking over a significant amount
of space previously used for retail. It’s very much credit to them for giving
something back to the village.
The new
Post Office Local will offer almost
the range of services offered by the recently closed post office, including the
taxing of vehicles – but will be open much longer, so people will be able to
access post office services in the early morning and evening as well as through
the day, and over the weekend too.
There is also a free to use cash
machine facility as part of the deal which compensates for the loss of the HSBC
machine, unfortunately this will not be available to HSBC customers – which
seems to be another good reason for North Cave residents to switch from HSBC to
a bank where they can get cash from a machine in their village.
This is very much a positive for
North Cave, well done to the residents and all those who supported the shop in
taking on the Post Office – we have seen a Post
Office Local established in nearby Eastrington during the last 18 months
which is continuing to grow, and I see no reason why this will not be the case
in North Cave.
So again well done, and many thanks
to Maria and Paul Skelton – and I wish them the very best of luck with this.
1 comment:
Pleased you supported this all the way through Paul. Pity some in the village didn't
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