Over 500 signatures were collected in the save the Heights Post Office petitions, one by Cllr Lloyd Harris and myself and another initiated by a local resident.

It was surprising how widely distributed the names listed in the petition were. It shows that the Post Office is valued not just used by people of Highfield but by people from all over.

My colleagues and I received a warm reception when we launched a campaign to save The Heights Post Office here in Highfield, from local residents and shopkeepers alike.

Geoff Lawrence, a former post master of the Heights Post Office said “This Post Office is the hub of the parade, its loss could have a detrimental effect on the other shopkeepers”

I believe Pensioners and the disabled find the main Post Office in the Marlowes inconvenient now it has moved. We need local Post Offices so they wont have to struggle with the stairs in WH Smith.