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2 The Link Magazine • April 2004 -

Is your PC Residents threaten Tesco with pickets and boycott
bugging you? People living in Shaw have vowed to make life difficult for Tesco if the company proceeds to take away
their Post Office at the village centre.
Call Practical The supermarket giant took over
Applications Ltd. 6 _^-' the One Stop chain last year and
for a friendly service R announced in February that it
Upgrades Repairs would close the Post Office in the
Shaw outlet in August when it
Networking & the internet
relaunches as a Tesco Express.
Home visits, collection
& delivery Pensioners living in the area,
particularly residents of George
Or for help getting started, call Tweed Gardens at Shaw Village
us days, evenings or weekends on Centre have been leading protests,
01793 321361 supported by Shaw Residents'
Mobile 07919 263072 Association.
E-mail: [email protected] A 2,000 name petition has been
www.practicalapplications.co.uk gathered objecting to the closure.
The pensioners are also planning
pickets of Tesco in Ocotal Way and Listening to the public, Keith Williams, chair of Shaw Residents' Association,
uklinks4 a boycott of the Shaw store if it Julia Drown MP, David Hide of Postwatch, Shaw campaigner Jean Waller
reopens without a Post Office.
bers of people who queue at West
At a public meeting in the Gar-
and West which monitors Post Of-
dens on 15 March, Swindon South fice performance. He explained Swindon.
There are some MP Julia Drown said she had been that the Post Office was losing Representatives from Tesco de-
in touch with Tesco. "I am encour- money and was closing 3,000 ur- clined to attend the meeting.
great resources aged that they may be listening to ban branches across Britain. It Campaign organiserJean Waller
on the Internet. what people in Shaw have to say. I would announce closures inSwin- said, "residents at George Tweed
have made it clear that the Post don in July. "We will do our very are a little more cheered by Julia's
Office is a valuable resource in this best to try to persuade Tesco to comments and that Tesco may con-
But do you know part of the constituency and reconsider. If Shaw were to close, sider building an extension. But it
where they are? pointed out to Tesco that they have it would support the case for main- is disappointing that Tesco con-
retained the Post Office in Liden taining the one at West Swindon tinue to refuse to talk to us."
We do! which is a smaller store. We have Centre." • Councillors on the West Area
to continue to make our voices However Richard Symonds Panel will discuss the Shaw Post
heard loud and clear." from Shaw Ridge said he could Office closure at the Civic Offices
www.uklinks4.com Also at the meeting was David use both Post Offices but preferred on Tuesday 30 March, 7pm. The
Hide, chairman of Postwatch South Shaw because of the huge num- public may attend.

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