The Grampound Times
Easter 2007 (Edition 44)
Our community in Cornwall
HOLLIES STORE AND POST OFFICE is under threat.
Most of you will know by now that the Government proposed last December to close 2,500 Post Offices. A National Consultation process came to an end on 8th March and the Government is now considering its response to that consultation. It should become public during April in what order the various areas of the Country are to be dealt with. The closure process is scheduled to last 18 months until late in 2008. It will only be when Cornwall’s turn comes that a local consultation process will decide which Post Offices will be affected.
At present all we know is that the Post Office could close by this summer, at any time up to Christmas 2008 or it may not close at all.
If the Post Office closes, the space available will have to produce income to replace the present Post Office salary and enough to make up the loss of trade from Post Office customers who will have to go elsewhere. If it does not it is unlikely that the shop could survive.
In these uncertain circumstances, Jenny and I turn to the village as a whole for guidance.
On the next few pages there are some ideas about the shop and its services. Please pull out this section and take a little time to fill in your thoughts. All ideas will be welcomed. Your replies can be anonymous if you wish. Just drop the completed form back to the shop at any time during March so that Jenny and I can consider how best to continue to serve you.
IF THE POST OFFICE IS CLOSED
I would like to see the available space given over to:-
Please tick your preferred ideas or add your own
Additional retail sales, and in particular more
Grocery Dairy products
Household goods
Beers, wines and spirits
Stationery
Greeting cards
Frozen foods
Chilled ready meals
Small ironmongery goods
Haberdashery
Serve-yourself take-away hot food and drink
DVD / video hire
Coffee bar with cakes, sandwiches etc.
Paypoint machine for automated bill paying
Gaming machines
Other
IF THE POST OFFICE REMAINS OPEN
I would use the shop more if it provided
Please tick your preferred ideas or add your own
Better home delivery service
Shoe repairs
Pre-ordered green grocery
Expanded stationery lines
Local crafts
More Cornish produce
More Fair Trade goods
Christmas Club
Range of old-fashioned sweets
Photocopying / fax service
Beach goods
Other
A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF
It would help us understand our customer base if you could tick what best applies or add your own comments as under:-
With regard to the shop
I never buy anything from the shop because
I use the shop for newspapers / magazines only
I buy goods from the shop
approx. once per month
approx. once per week
several times per week
daily
With regard to the Post Office
I use the Post Office
never
to draw my pension
for postal services
for banking
for paying bills
for savings and investments
for foreign exchange and travel
for motor vehicle licensing
for insurance
for rod and other licenses
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