When a child misbehaves badly one form of punishment would be to deprive that child of a treasured possession or privilege.
Here, in the village, we are to have our Post Office taken away from us.
As a resident of only a decade I feel qualified to view the village and its residents from an outsider's point-of-view.
When the village church desperately required restoration, the villagers raised the funds and oversaw the restoration. When the village expressed its desire for a village sign the villagers raised the funds and oversaw the making and erecting of a top-quality village sign.
When there is bereavment we all give our support and when there is illness we are all there to help in whichever way possible.
We cannot be held accountable for Post Office Ltd's apparent lack of business acumen.
Our village Post Office is a treasured and integral paty of our rural way-of-life, to have it taken away from us makes me feel that we have done something terribly wrong but cannot, for the life of me, think of what that could possibly be.
Thursday, 20 December 2007
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