Missing Post Boxes

royalmail24 June 2016

Mr Steve Buckley, Chairman & Chief Executive Office, Royal Mail Plc, 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0HQ

Dear Mr Buckley,

Re: Disappearance of Royal Mail Post Box on Glebe Street/ Salts Street, Longley Street, Hillside Avenue, Milnrow Road, Long Rushes (High Crompton), Shaw, Oldham.

Further to your recent letter which I received today; 23 June I would like to thank you for the update for the Post Boxes on Glebe Street/ Salts Street and Longley Street.  However, whilst I have received correspondence, I have not actually received any kind of update or time line for the Post Box on Milnrow Road.

This Post Box has now been missing for almost seven months.  I have received numerous complaints from concerned constituents; the majority of which are elderly, who have to travel to simply post a letter.

Whilst I understand from your letter that a large number of Post Boxes have gone missing in the Oldham area, seven months is a long time with still no scheduled date for re-installation.

I would welcome a dialog and some information about this matter as soon as possible.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours sincerely – Howard Sykes

Family Weekend – Saturday & Sunday 25th and 26th June 2016

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Shaw & Crompton Parish Council have provided a plethora of entertainment for all the family.

Saturday on Market Street there are a Boot Camp assault course, Surf Machine, Space Ball, Punch & Judy a Charity Market and Street entertainers, Fire Eaters, The Mainiax, Team BeeGee, and Circus Training amongst others.

On the Kershaw Street East Car Park there is a Fairground with many attractions for all.

Sunday on Market Street there is a vintage vehicle display and a rally around Shaw and Crompton plus street entertainers and the fun fair on the car park.

Click on link for the programme: Programme and timings

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OLDHAM DOES NOT NEED MORE CUTS AND JOB LOSSES – SYKES

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More cuts in key local services are likely to be a consequence if voters call for Britain to leave the European Union in the referendum next Thursday, a senior Oldham Councillor has warned.

Howard Sykes, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Oldham Council, says that hospitals and schools will be affected as well as services directly provided by the Council.

“This is not scaremongering, it’s just spelling out the reality,” stated Councillor Sykes.  “Our community does not need more cuts in services but that will be what happens if the ‘Leave’ side wins.”

“The government has still not balanced the books and is borrowing the best part of £200 million more every single day.  All the leading economic forecasters say that leaving the EU would be bad for Britain’s economy for years to come, so the consequences are inevitable.  Cuts in spending will follow quickly followed by job losses in both the private and public sectors.”

Sykes claims that even supporters of Brexit admit that any economic benefits could only come after years have passed, and he says that they are offering no guarantees at all that there will be a long term improvement.

“The fact is that Britain created the EU single market and has done very well out of it.  To leave something we devised for our own benefit would be like shooting ourselves in the foot.”

Fears about immigration are said to be a major reason why people might vote to leave the EU, but Sykes argues that Oldham Borough’s major concern is not EU citizens working locally but the need to provide for asylum seekers and that other areas have a fair share.

He says: “Pulling out of the EU won’t help us in any way to deal with the problem and it could make the situation worse.

“A Britain isolated and alone can’t deal with the problems of people fleeing Syria or Libya.  There are no easy solutions but the only way forward lies through partnership with our European colleagues.

“It would be madness to decide that we didn’t want to be in the rooms where decisions will be taken that are bound to affect our future and that of our children and grandchildren.  Britain will be smaller and weaker if it opts for isolation.  We will be bigger, stronger and have more influence if we remain IN.”