Save Our Post Office

Campaign Schedule

Sunday 18 May - 12:30 Greenodd Village Slipway
Ulverston In-Shore Rescue to launch vessel in honor of village post office
Community gathers to support two essential Furness services - little known village slipway recalls Greenodd’s past as thriving northern port.
In-Shore rescue stages “saving the post” in dramatic rescue operation

Monday 19 May - Janet Willis goes to Downing Street to hand over the petition to Save Greenodd Post Office. She will be accompanied by Gwen Sykes and Tim Farron, MP.

Tuesday 20 May - 7:30 pm
Community Meeting: Village has high hopes to influence Post Office Ltd. decision
People from across Furness converge on Greenodd in show of unity and community.
Opportunity for letter-writing as volunteers help to type and print letters in support of keeping village Post Office open

Saturday 24 May -
Rolling Demonstration from Greenodd to Ulverston along A590
Vintage vehicles, local lorries and concerned citizens express their feelings in this final event of an extraordinary community campaign

April 26, 2008 Greenodd, Cumbria - Rt Hon William Hague, Member of Parliament for Richmond (Yorks) & Shadow Foreign Secretary and Senior Member of the Shadow Cabinet today made a surprise visit to the rural post office in Greenodd, Cumbria. Mr. Hague was accompanied by Nicholas Gleave. Greenodd is celebrating the launch of “Bridie’s Brew” a bespoke ale created to support the post office campaign. Mr. Hague, was presented with a bottle of the beer, brewed by local Ulverston Brewing Company, and signed the petition to Save Greenodd Post Office.

Janet Willis, Subpostmistress, said “It was a huge surprise that William Haugue took the time on his brief visit to our area to show his support for the Campaign to Save Greenodd Post Office.”Greenodd is the centre of a lively grassroots campaign to save its busy post office.The village is the hub of a network of local businesses and is essential to many of the widespread residents of the Crake Valley, at the edge of the Lake District National Park.  Photo credit Jessica Young

For immediate release;

The tiny village of Greenodd in South Lakeland on the River Crake is fighting to save their post office from closure.

Following a public meeting in the village hall, where over 350 local users of the post office attended last week, the inugural meeting of their steering group met last night in the village to begin the task of convincing the Post Office that Greenodd should remain open.

A team including a Solicitor, graphic and web designers and business development skills are confident they can prove the Post Office serves over 2000 people in five local parishes.

Early indications of post code locations will mean over 240 people will have to drive, or use inadequate public transport, over 6 miles to Ulverston using the infamous A590 Greenodd junction, as notorious accident blackspot.

They now have their own web site - www.saveourpostoffice.net where free downloads and an e-petition are available for everyone to use around the World who has some connection with the Cumbrian village.

A series of events and protests are currently being explored which will raise the profile of the campaign.

Bridie, the Post Office mascot owned by Postmasters Janet and Lloyd Willis, will feature in attracting attention to the cause.

Editors:

A review of the UK postal industry and the effects of market liberisations brought in just two yeras ago, is currently under way.

It was ordered by the Rt Hon John Hutton, Secretary for State for Business,Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and is headed by Richard Hopper, the former deputy chairman of the communications regulator, Offcom.

35 Post Office branches are earmarkd for closure in Cumbria.

Archie Workman

Press Secretary & Gamechanger

07771 90 30 51

Janet Willis - Postmaster

Greenodd Post Office

01229 861201