NOSTALGIA: STOW 2007

Fears over the future of Stow post office were being expressed this week 10 years ago, in 2007.
By The Newsroom
Published 19th Jan 2017, 14:51 BST
Updated 19th Jan 2017, 14:52 BST
Borders MP Michael Moore and his Scottish Parliament Lib Dem counterpart, Jeremy Purvis, with Alison Runciman. Stow post office, January 2007.Borders MP Michael Moore and his Scottish Parliament Lib Dem counterpart, Jeremy Purvis, with Alison Runciman. Stow post office, January 2007.
Borders MP Michael Moore and his Scottish Parliament Lib Dem counterpart, Jeremy Purvis, with Alison Runciman. Stow post office, January 2007.

Sub postmistress of the Townfoot outlet, Alison Runciman, lent her support to a nationwide campaign to preserve the rural post office network.

Her concerns were expressed during a visit by Borders MP Michael Moore and his Liberal Democrat colleague, Jeremy Purvis MSP.

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The concerns came after trade and industry secretary Alistair Darling announced that 2,500 post offices in the UK could close during the 18 months which were to follow.

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