WITH post offices disappearing from village maps across Warrington, this week's announcement that an unusual method has been found to save one is welcome.

Glazebury, like areas across the borough from Lymm to Great Sankey and Penketh to Thelwall, has seen its post office close.

But a bid has been made this week to set up an office in the local pub.

After almost a year with no post office, customers will now no longer have to travel miles to buy a stamp or pick up their pension because they can drop into the pub.

Post offices are vital to the communities they serve, and especially to people with no cars. They provide, not only places where people can go to benefit from the services, but also a place where they can go for a chat.

And in the case of Great Sankey, the post office was part of what made the place distinctive. It was the only village in the country to have the four items that traditionally make up a village (post office, pub, police station and parish church) all on one crossroads and even earned a mention in the Guiness World Book of Records.

So well done to the villagers of Glazebury for not letting their post office go and fighting to save it. It is vital for the community. See Page 7