Bartley: shop/post office
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bartley: shop/post office by Chris Downer as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image: © Chris Downer Taken: 18 Oct 2008
In the 2008 round of post office closures, in which 2,500 branches closed nationwide, both this office and the one at Cadnam, under a mile away, were spared the chop – I would say that the survival of both branches is quite surprising.