Every day you hear of another village losing its local shop - to find a village with an actual Post Office is an even rarer event.

That is why we, in the village of Bradpole, must count ourselves as being in the very lucky few. Not only do we now have a very well-stocked village shop, but it is also in the same building a Post Office.

Please may I ask, through the columns of your letters page, that not only those living in Bradpole, but people from all the surrounding villages, support this new venture.

You know what they say; use it or lose it.

PETER PINKER
Wellfields Drive Bradpole