| # | Name | Comments |
|---|
| 151 | Sue Taylor | This is an essential service for the Chalke valley. There are no buses serving any of the post offices quoted as alternatives. |
| 152 | Henry Fry | |
| 153 | Mary Colwill | With the additional closure of Coombe Bisset, and living in Bishopstone, our nearest post office will be Wilton, which already suffers from long queues and difficult parking, with no possibility of easy access for elderly or infirm customers as at present. |
| 154 | janine hillary | What madness, this valley needs our post office and our post mistress, she provides a vital community service to us all! |
| 155 | Andrew Reis | I wish to point out as a resident of Ebbesbourne Wake that we lost our Post Office Shop and School some years ago, and Broadchalke Post Office is now a vital service to our community, and to the villages of Alvediston and Bowerchalke which are every bit as isolated as we are. Furthermore, the personal service which Sue provides can never be replaced and is something which makes living in the Chalke Valley so special. It is simply not fair to take this away from us. |
| 156 | Jennifer Baxter | |
| 157 | david price | We are 9 miles from Salisbury. There many of the residents who are elderly and without transport.There also many who are infirm and handicapped.How are these people going to cope without a Post Office? |
| 158 | John Tomkies | The Post Office and the shop where it is located are at the core of village life, as anyone living in a rural area well knows. Bureaucrates are often far removed from the results of their decisions. Listen to the local people. |
| 159 | John and Lavender Buckland | Put another way, it COST £111m in 2005/06 to provide sub/post-offices in rural areas. Royal Mail has not made a 'loss' but has provided a much-valued service. Without the Post Office a shop might have to close, and for everyone that is to lose the heart of a community. |
| 160 | Victoria Oliver | |
| 161 | Anonymous | Speaking as an American who frequently visits the English countryside and its peoples--Wiltshire in particular--I'd like to add a word of support for the people whose rural post offices face closure.
One of the many things that make England charming and attractive is that rural live survives; small towns and villages not only delight visitors from abroad, but also provide evidence that one needn't obliterate such lifestyles in favor of faster, more 'efficient' but faceless solutions.
Here' a telling example of what has happened to the U.S. in the wake of such "progress": the majority of small towns and villages now sport main streets with vacant storefronts and are surrounded by large, unsightly shopping malls with enormous parking lots. That's fine for people who want to live in their cars, but it's no good for those who prefer to walk to shops. Forget the elderly, the handicapped, the young, or anyone else who likes to deal with local merchants and a local postmaster or postmistress!
Such conglomeration in favor of shopping by car began here in the 1950s and is now ubiquitous. The results: less public transport, less personal interaction with merchants and postal people in the communities, more crime due to the anonymity and large opportunities for theft that large areas attract, and so on.
I'd love to live in an American town where I could walk to a post office and to various shops, but it's not easy. Many of our towns have relocated large regional post offices outside the towns, along big highways, requiring people to drive a distance, even just to buy postage stamps. While everyone wants to 'streamline' services, some are more critical to the quality of life than others. Speaking as someone who has already experienced the effects of such rationalisation, I can attest that people don't realize how that affects them until it's too late. So please, reconsider and find a way to preserve postal service in small places, even if you have to just licence a resident to provide the service. It could be a nice small income to someone who needs it, and it would help support England's beautiful rural way of life.
Sincerely, Sandra |
| 162 | Anne Laity | How much more can they take away from us,
Please can we keep the only Post Office and Store we have for miles around.
The countryside and Village life has been destroyed by people who dont like smells, mud on the road,noisy animals,They do not support the local schools,shops,and pubs.
What was a thriving Chalke Valley is now becoming
The Ghost Valley |
| 163 | Eric Bartlett | |
| 164 | Mike Webb | 1. None of the three alternative PO's listed in the printed branch closure document can be reached by public transport from Broad Chalke. This discriminates against those in our community who do not drive and disadvantages many more.
2. Coombe Bisset appears to have 'cut a deal' with Royal Mail to maintain it's service virtually unchanged, or so it appears. Why has Royal Mail kept this arrangement low profile? Is a similar arrangement open to Broad Chalke? |
| 165 | Judith Webb | |
| 166 | Roger Stockton | Rural post offices are essential to the community. The fact they make a loss is immaterial. The overall profit on turnover would seem to be quite reasonable, especialy if managerial bonuses are taken into account. |
| 167 | keith hitchings | |
| 168 | keith hitchings | Broadchalke is a thriving village with many businesses, families and more importantly older people of whom many do not have transport to an other post office (no public transport available)
Broadchalke needs its post office. |
| 169 | Lynn Nisbet | i am a relative newcomer to broad chalke but it took me but a nanosecond to realise what an essential service the post office provides to all who live in the area. sue has an in depth knowledge of all the postal services and products she provides and her advice is invaluable. i have been running a small business from home and use the post office, as do many, many, others, on a regular basis. PLEASE do not close it down. |
| 170 | caroline lamb | |
| 171 | J Burrough | |
| 172 | Jan Upton | |
| 173 | John Upton | |
| 174 | Tim Curzon | |
| 175 | Sam Maxfield | |
| 176 | Jan Fowler | This PO is already only open part-time and is ALWAYS very busy. I believe this must be one of the profit making offices in the area, so why close it? It is badly needed by the length of the Chalke Valley. Public transport to suggested alternative offices is non existant. |
| 177 | Peter Jung | |
| 178 | Chris J. Grant | Another nail in the the coffin of quality of life in this once Great Country, so much for the sacrifices of our forefathers, what are we leaving for our Children and Grandchildren ?
Thank God all mine have emigrated. |
| 179 | Jane Pelly | please, please dont close broad chalke post office. we from ebbesbourne wake need it too since our own post office closed . |
| 180 | Steve Chalk | |
| 181 | Steve Chalk | |
| 182 | Jane Mann | |
| 183 | Angus Mann | |
| 184 | Nicholas Ferreira | |
| 185 | Stuart Ferreira-Cole | |
| 186 | Claire Herbert | |
| 187 | Claire Herbert | |
| 188 | Michael List | |
| 189 | Amy Gooden | |
| 190 | Alice Parker | Save BC post office |
| 191 | John Barnes | Broad Chalke Post Office provides essential services to Broad Chalke and neighbouring communities in the Chalke Valley. Suggested use of Fovant Post Office ignores the topography of the area and the total absence of any direct bus service |
| 192 | Jill Barnes | |
| 193 | Major J H S Thompson MBE | This is the only PO in the middle of the Chalke Valley, serving 5 villages locally, with no alternative other than by a car run into Salisbury. There is no suitable bus service, and none at all to Wilton or Fovant. By keeping this PO you will maintain the integrity of the shop, the only one between Coombe Bissett and Ludwell, serving 7 villages. The PO serves about 1500 people, and has a big influence on the viability of the associated shop.
This PO is vital to the heart of Broad Chalke and the spirit of the Chalke Valley. It must be kept. |
| 194 | Nick Lowe | An intelligent observation of the map, showing the positions of nearest offices demonstrates how central and how essential is the current excellent and invaluable service. Lack of private transport for large number of individuals a huge problem. |
| 195 | Annabel Walters | For environmental reasons this should be opposed. A restricted service will only result on more car journeys and cause traffic problems in Fovant and/or Wilton |
| 196 | Ian Fowler | It makes no sense whatsoever closing Broad Chalke Post Office, the only post office and shop in the Chalke Valley. A map of closures in the Salisbury area demonstrates the lack of logic in the proposed closures. |
| 197 | Sue Dunwell | |
| 198 | Gabrielle Wright | Broadchalke Post Office and shop is the ONE remaining facility in the entire Chalke Valley. If the Post Office facility is closed or down-scaled, it will put the shop at risk. If this goes, there's nothing left in the valley and overtime not only will the sense of community die, but also the local tourist economity will be significantly damaged - what facilities do you look for when booking a cottage holiday? |
| 199 | Anonymous | |
| 200 | Graham and Hilary Connellan | We fully support this petition. The closure of Broadchalke and other rural post offices in Wiltshire will have a detrimental effect on village life and will be a devastating blow to many older members of the community. |