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'I'm disgusted'

7:02am Tuesday 13th May 2008

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By Jack Royston »

CAMPAIGNERS have accused Post Office Ltd of ignoring residents after plans to close seven local branches were agreed last week.

Evelyn Gottlieb, of Whitmore Road, was one of a number of campaigners who collected 2,650 signatures on petitions to save the post office in High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill.

She said: "I'm disgusted because when we were going to gather signatures there was 99 per cent support for the campaign.

"They've ignored Harrow School, they've ignored all the small businesses and the disabled and elderly people up on the hill.

"They gave us the opportunity to have our say, but they took no notice."

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John McDonald, Harrow on the Hill says...
12:36pm Tue 13 May 08

I couldn't agree more. It seems to me that the public consultation was nothing more than window dressing.

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Pat, Harrow Valley says...
12:42pm Tue 13 May 08

Outrageous! Surely the toffs of Harrow School and the owners of the regions most expensive property should have their local coveniences subsidized by the poor. Now the posh on the Hill might have to mix with the oiks down below. They just aren't socially equipped to do so - and imagine poor Tarquin having to walk all that way to post home letters to mummykins. And what about the environment? All those extra chauffer-driven Bentley journeys up and down the hill could have a disastrous effect on ozone levels. Perhaps us chavs should organize a whip round to keep the post office open, and the rich in their ivory tower.

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Jay, Wealdstone says...
12:55pm Tue 13 May 08

I would like to thank Evelyn Gottlieb and her fellow campaigners for the tremendous effort they have put in to try and save the local Post Office branches destined for closure.

It is not a true consultation if their request is not given any real deliberation by the Post Office.

What a shame that the Post Office did not put in the same amount of hard work that the campaigners did to come to a resolution that would have suited the community.

They must feel they have been cynically ignored.

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Jay, Wealdstone says...
1:07pm Tue 13 May 08

Pat wrote:
Outrageous! Surely the toffs of Harrow School and the owners of the regions most expensive property should have their local coveniences subsidized by the poor. Now the posh on the Hill might have to mix with the oiks down below. They just aren't socially equipped to do so - and imagine poor Tarquin having to walk all that way to post home letters to mummykins. And what about the environment? All those extra chauffer-driven Bentley journeys up and down the hill could have a disastrous effect on ozone levels. Perhaps us chavs should organize a whip round to keep the post office open, and the rich in their ivory tower.

Pat,

How does class/rich envy help this situation?

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Mrs M P Small, West harrow says...
2:33pm Tue 13 May 08

Not everyone who uses the Hill Post office lives on the Hill. Some of us come from other parts of Harrow because the branch is suitable for those who cannot stand for long periods of time. Alternative POs necessitate queueing. It does seem that perfectly valid objections to the closure have been ignored.

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