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Tintwistle and Hadfield Residents Association is a non-profit making, independent, organisation with no political affiliation. We aim to provide news and views on issues of relevance to residents living in or near the area of land known as Etherow Ward, Hadfield North and Hadfield South electoral wards. The villages lie on the edge of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England. The relevant local authorities are High Peak Borough Council and Derbyshire County Council.
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- AUGUST MEETING - New Lamp, Bankbotton, Hadfield 8....
- KEEP HIGH PEAK GREEN
- Updated Map Of Hadfield P.O. Postcard Campaign
- End of Consultation - Tintwistle P.O.
- UPDATE ON THE HADFIELD D.L.O. DISPUTE
- HADFIELD POSTAL WORKERS PICKET
- SAVE WOODHEAD TUNNEL GROUP MEETING
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I have three points to make to this response.
1. Closing down a building as a means of addressing H & S issues is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and is a totally extreme 'solution'. It's clearly being used as an excuse to save money and could be a backdoor method of closing Hadfield Post Office itself.
It isn't true that the building is unfit for use. No improvement order has been served nor has any prohibition notice. The latter would be a minimum if the building were really deemed unsafe.
Further there has been no known accident in the last 50 years.
2. Collection of undelivered parcels from the office can only happen as long as the Post Office itself stays open.
The loss of revenue to the Postmaster for use of the office by Royal Mail could be devastating for a small business, threatening its very existence.
If it then gets axed in the next round of closures the parcel collection service goes with it.
3. I've heard some lame excuses before but 'overall energy savings' is about as thin as its gets.
What about the extra petrol that will be used to get Postal workers to Hyde then back again to Hadfield to deliver, then having to take the transport back to Hyde!
I bet the Post Office don't put on a bus service for staff for long before that too gets axed on cost grounds with petrol prices rising!
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