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heartache
POST Office Counters
have let down the Cleve-
leys sub+ stress,
dents who rely on the Run-
nymede Avenue post of-
~“Having seen the logged
communications between’
Julie Wolstenholme and
the Post Office I can reas-
sure readers that the com-
puters installed by Hori-
zon on behalf of Post Of-
fice Counters Ltd have not
been operating correctly
since i
pite pleas for help
from Miss Wolstenholme
and her staff, the Post Of-
fice did nothing to help
them.
Miss Wolstenholme and
her business partner were
losing money due to the in-
ability of the computer
system to balance.
Things came toa head
when Miss Wolstenholme
reverted back toa manual
‘system until the computer
was fixed.
The Post Office prompt-
ly suspended Miss Wol- *
stenholme and closed the
Post Office with complete
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disregard for all con-
cerned.
There are many similar
incidents occurring up
and down the country at
sub-post offices.
Post Office Counters
have now terminated Miss
Wolstenholme's contract
and have no idea when or
if a new Post Office will re-
open. Miss Wolstenholme
and her family now face fi-
nancial ruin. [hope the
Post Office management
can sleep easy knowing
what heartache they have
caused.
COUN JON
BAMBOROUGH
Maitland Avenue
Anchorsholme
Postm
aster
gets the sack
‘THE sub-postmaster at
the Cleveleys post of-
fice has been sacked.
Post Office bosses
confirmed today that
they had terminated
the contract of the sub-
postmaster at Run-
nymede Avenue and
were advertising to fill
the vacancy.
The sub-post office
has been closed since
November 30 last year
when Julie Wolsten-
holme, who ran the of-
fice with her business
partner Roger Harri-
son, was suspended
without pay for alleged
breach of contract.
Elaine Tagg, retail
network manager for
the Post Office, said
today: “The sub-post-
master’s contract has
been terminated and
—MLKsDAMN FES Cl.
‘BRING IT BACK’: Julie Wolstenholme at her
Post ofice in Runnymede Avenue, Cleveleys
AN FEs- 12, Bool.
we will now be adver--
tising the vacancy.
“We apologise to our
customers for the in-
convenience.”
‘Miss Wolstenholme
and Mr Harrison were
not available for com-
ment today. But they
had previously told
‘The Gazette problems
began when they re-
fused to use new com-
puterised equipment
which they claimed
was unreliable.
‘The nearest post of-
fices are at Rossall
Road, North Drive and
Fleetwood Road.
Anyone who wishes
to take over the:sub-
postmaster’s job and
can provide suitable,
premises should call
the Post Office on 0845
6016260 for details.
2csol.
’ Bring back
post office
IN November last year,
Cleveleys people were
stunned to find that their
Post office in Runnymede
Avenue was closed.
The Post Office made a
statement in The Gazette,
that the closure was due to
breach of contract with
the sub-
r
The sub-postmaster
replied, that due to faulty
equipment supplied by the
Post Office they had re-
sorted to other safe proce-
dures to ensure that trans-
actions were correctly car-
Tied out.
The Post Office refused
to listen to reason that
their equipment was
faulty and refused any fur-
ther discussion on this
matter, only making state-
ments via the press.
Meanwhile Cleveleys
residents have had to
struggle in windy condi-
tions to collect pensions
and pay their bills at other
post offices, some having
to take taxis and one old
lady who couldn't afford
this means, got mugged for
her pension on her way
home.
The Post Office is behav-
ing like a dinosaur, and
like previous dinosaurs
will become extinct.
Give us back our Run-
nymede Avenue Post Of-
fice.
B CARTER
North Promenade
Cleveleys
Blackpool