Caroline Pidgeon joined Simon Hughes at the site of the old Maddock Way Post Office to launch a campaign to have it reopened.
Since the closure of Maddock Way, the office on Camberwell New Road has also been closed. Queues at the main office on Walworth Road have increased further and a survey of customers carried out by Simon has highlighted great dissatisfaction with the service. Simon has been working with Victoria Onayemi, the former manager of the Maddock Way Post Office, and with local residents, to campaign for it to be reopened.
In a letter to Alan Cook, the Managing Director of Post Office Ltd, Simon argues:
Given the closure of the Camberwell New Road office and the difficulties which Walworth Road has in coping with demand, it seems to that a simple solution would be to reopen the office in Maddock Way. There is someone willing to run it and I am sure it would be sustainable given the high demand in the local area.
Photo: Simon Hughes and Caroline Pidgeon with Victoria Onayemi, local residents, and local Liberal Democrats.