DATE SET FOR ALLNUTS POST OFFICE TO REOPEN

It is with great pleasure I can confirm that after a long campaign, Allnuts Post Office in Allnuts Road, Epping, will reopen its doors to local residents on Monday 23rd November with a brand-new look after 18 months of being closed. The store was one of six branches in Epping Forest to be closed down following nationwide cutbacks.

Essex County Council Leader, Lord Hanningfield has been working for over a year to have this and other stores across Essex reopened with great success. He had managed to persuade a very reluctant Post Office Limited to find a way around European law and allow him to use £1.5 million of council tax money to reopen 15 branches, which has also included one branch in Station Way, Buckhurst Hill. He said, "Perhaps we should all do more of that - listen to what people want, and provide it!''

I do hope local residents will give the Post Office a warm welcome and remember that we have to use these services, or we will certainly face loosing them again in the future.