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An update you may have seen elsewhere - Although the sorting office is still to be closed, Marple Post Office will now be taking parcels, so good for them.They themselves are "90%" certain that they intend to move to the old Blockbusters near Asda.
It must be more nuanced than that. The sorting office for the Glossop area is Hyde, yet undelivered parcels are left at the Glossop (and Hadfield) post offices for locals to collect with out them having to pay for them to be redirected.
Undelivered parcels are always sent back to the delivery office. That remains true even as/when the delivery office closes. Just as now, you will be able to chose to redirect it to the post office, for a fee.
Does it say what will happen to the people who currently run the Post Office and their business which is more than just post office work.Will undelivered parcels be left at the new PO or will we still have to traipse into the middle of nowhere?
it seems unlikely that the Post Office as an organisation would know or care about spare units next to Asda, would propose a move AND compel the business that runs the post office to move location. This feels more like a business decision by the operator
The charity shop furniture dept was nearly empty at the end of last week. I asked the manageress in the bric-a-brac shop and she said they are abandoning the furniture department.
And a smaller shop which is more conveniant for parking undercover sugest you pick up a copy of the two page brochue and read it ,it does say that we the post office are proposing to move this branch to unit 2 the ridgedale centre .
So the old Blockbuster unit! I hope the charity shop might find another premises as it's always a good browse (especially the LPs), but the unit does look poor for a prime spot with the old signage still up. Hopefully the new Post Office might also be geared more towards dealing with actual Post Office customers too, rather than an obstacle course between an odd selection of tat to get to the under-staffed counter at the back.This makes the sorting office closure nothing to worry about at all, especially as the opening hours here for picking up parcels will be so much better. Hopefully that land will be freed up for a good modest retail development to help boost the main precinct.The only downside is it leaves the lower end of Marple with less of a regular draw. But with Beer Traders and others, perhaps it's already finding a new lease of life. (More trees down the end and more use of the wide pavement for seating could transform it)
Why is it speculation its in Black white in the leaflet .
Has anybody actually asked the operators of the Post Office what they think is happening. I'd go and do so but am too busy for a week or so. All this speculation is just that.
I haven't seen the booklet but I have seen the poster in the window. If you want a simple message, you would write "the Post Office are proposing" as opposed to "the operator of this branch, after liaison with their business manager at Post Office Counters Ltd, are proposing..."The truth will be a lot less clear to put in a leaflet and poster.I am assuming my version is the truth, but it seems unlikely that the Post Office as an organisation would know or care about spare units next to Asda, would propose a move AND compel the business that runs the post office to move location. This feels more like a business decision by the operator (hey I could be wrong, but wording on a poster and in a booklet isn't evidence to me as it's just wording.)
