If it's still closed, this is very worrying indeed. We need our Post Office as you can pay in/draw money from your bank account, given almost all the banks in Chiswick High Road have closed. And we need it for the many other services available through the Post Office. The Acton Post Office, up Bollo Lane is not a realistic proposition for local people. There are two railway crossings en route, in frequent use. It's a long, long walk from the main road, to the Post Office itself. I have an awful feeling that Trillium, the property arm of BT, which also owns the large, former telephone exchange building at the back of the site, has its eyes on some massive development .... huge blocks of flats, at unaffordable prices?! As a community, we need to find out what we can about Trillium's and the Royal Mail's plans for the site. At all costs, 'development' in the form of blocks of 10, 11, 12, 13-storey flats is totally unacceptable. We need a post office and Royal Mail service. The building at the back could be converted for use as work spaces, the ground floor, with its wonderful Art Deco curved area, could be turned into a community café. The concrete could be dug up to provide play spaces for children and allotment spaces. I have just written to Labour councillors at LBH. I will also be writing to the Conservative councillors for Turnham Green. Is there an appetite for joined-up action, to ensure that Trillium/Royal Mail do not turn the site into luxury flats, unaffordable for the majority of local residents?
Pamela Mayorcas ● 17d