The last stand (From The Westmorland Gazette)

The last stand

9:30am Wednesday 21st May 2008 in

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GREENODD residents will launch their final protest against the threatened closure of the village post office with a 10-vehicle convoy along the A590 to Ulverston on Saturday.

Headed by a 1969 Glen Harley Leyland flatbed truck, the convoy will set off from Greenodd at 8.30am, travelling an average speed of 10-15mph before arriving at Ulverston Coronation Hall. Local band, Blast Furnace will then play a gig from the back of the lorry.

People wishing to support the convoy are asked to form part of the greeting party in Ulverston, but not to travel as part of the convoy itself, as this would contravene rules for the protest stipulated by the police. Organiser, John Eaton, also asked people to dress in red for the event.

Greenodd residents are being encouraged to perform a transaction at Ulverston Post Office on the day to demonstrate that the proposed transfer of custom from Greenodd is unviable, and would swamp the Ulverston branch with excess custom.