Closure of the Post Office Branch at
Rippingale Stores
Quentin Davies and Nick Boles visit Simon at Rippingale Stores - Saturday 13 October 2007
Some 250 Rippingale villagers waited in the rain on Saturday morning as Quentin Davies, MP for Grantham and Stamford, and his probable successor, Nick Boles, visited their threatened Post Office.
The two attended separately and both spoke privately to Sub-Postmaster Simon Deane, then to members of the anti-closure campaign group, and to customers and villagers.
Both were applauded as they said they would do all in their power to prevent the closure.
Mr Davies was due to meet a senior member of the Post Office management team to discuss closure plans. He answered questions from customers, including two on horseback, and said that he'd been impressed by the way the village was pulling together to keep their PO open - Rippingale was by far the most vociferous village fighting closure proposals in the constituency.
Mr. Boles, the new Tory PPC for Grantham and Stamford, said closing the PO would tear the heart out of Rippingale. He'd seen evidence of the damage such closures caused in his parents' village in Devon. He added that he would do his best to join a planned protest walk by Rippingale villagers the following Wednesday (17 October).
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Please help by signing the two petitions, and writing to the relevant authorities:
There is a petition in the shop with copies at the Bull and the Doctors - please call in and sign one of them.
The e-petition to the Prime Minister is now on the '10 Downing Street' website. Please follow this link "http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Rippingale/" and sign.
You may like to write or email the relevant authorities - an individual letter/email speaks louder than a hundred signatures!
Click here for some 'bullet points' and templates to help you with your letter or email writing.
Below are some email links and addresses to which you can send a protest:
Mark
Partington - consultation@postoffice.co.uk
Att Mark Partington
Network Development Manager
Post Office Ltd
FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM
east@postwatch.co.uk
Freepost PostWatch
The
Honourable Quentin Davies MP - daviesq@parliament.uk
Att The Honourable Quentin Davies MP
The House of Commons,
LONDON
SW1A OAA
The
Honourable David Cameron MP - camerond@parliament.uk
Att The Honourable David Cameron MP
The House of Commons,
LONDON
SW1A OAA
Nick Boles - Nick@NickBoles.com The new Conservative PPC for Stamford and Grantham
Friends of Rippingale Post Office - FORPO
Quentin Davies signing petition
Nick Boles signing petition