Im Willing to Go Without My Wages to Stay Open ; Post Office Bosses Ruled an Isolated Branch Should Not Be Closed - but a Devastating Change of Mind Prompted an Amazing Plea From a Postmistress Who Loves Her Job

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SOME of the closure plans involving the axeing of 2,500 post office branches are confounding common sense and even breaking guidelines laid down by the Post Office. Financial Mails Toby Walne reports on the latest lunacy.

UNDER the 1762 etched over the doorway of the post office, shop and tearoom is a friendly sign saying: Muddy Boots and Bums Welcome. They go out of their way to be friendly at Hawnby in the North York Moors National Park 20 miles east of Northallerton.

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Im Willing to Go Without My Wages to Stay Open ; Post Office Bosses Ruled an Isolated Branch Should Not Be Closed - but a Devastating Change of Mind Prompted an Amazing Plea From a Postmistress Who Loves Her Job

This is the only post office and shop within a six-mile radius and according to the Post Offices guidelines on closures, that means the branchs future sho...

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