Please take a moment to watch this video to see the impact that a post office closure has on one small knit local community. The idea of elderly and infirm people traveling to a lay-by is preposterous. And as is pointed out in the film no one seems to be taking into account that a post office is much much more than a place to post things. For small villages it becomes a local hub.

Action is also afoot in Archway to say enough is enough at the erosion of local community:

A GROUP of people fed up with seeing their high street go down the pan have taken up the battle on behalf of small traders… has vowed to improve the range of quality and shops in Archway by buying vacant stores and then renting them out to traders of their choice.

Great stuff!

And just to ram the message home here’s another video, this time from Friends of the Earth: