People still queueing to save Littlehampton’s post office

Pictured from the left: Carly Godwin, Sheila Dale (CWU), Emily Westley, (Labour MEP candidate), councillor Mike Northeast, Christine Macdonald and James Watkins (Labour MEP candidate)

Organisers were joined on Saturday by Labour candidates for the 2014 European elections, Emily Westley and James Watkins, and by Sheila Dale, of the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU).

Well over 1,000 people have added their names to the petition and it can now be signed in more than 20 town centre shops, including those in The Arcade, whose owners fear they would be badly affected, should the post office move elsewhere.

Littlehampton Labour councillor Mike Northeast, who, with other campaigners has been collecting signatures on a stall in High Street on Saturday mornings for the past two months, said: “The thing coming across more than anything is the sheer enthusiasm of local people to preserve their post office and keep it where it is. People are still queueing up to sign, new people each week.

“It’s probably one of the biggest campaigns, with the most feeling, we have had.

“People are saying they have had enough of being told you can’t have this and you can’t have that. They are willing to stand up and make that point.

“We should be getting the best of everything, not always having to downsize and degrade things.

“That post office is one of the anchors in our town centre. It brings people into the town, and we don’t want to lose that.”

Copies of the petition can also be downloaded from the website www.facebook.com/LittlehamptonUnited