For many, the local post office is a souvenir of an America they like to remember.
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So as you crowd your local post office this holiday season, look around and realize that the clock is ticking.
Mr Thomas said that one possibility would be integrating local post office services with existing shops and pubs in rural areas.
They exchanged so much sterling into euros that Blenkinsop's local post office won an award for the amount it turned over.
The local post office is only open 3 mornings a week, and it is over 2 miles to any local doctor.
The closure of the local post office also led to far fewer opportunities for social interaction, with people reporting an increase in isolation and loneliness.
To own a piece of this technological history, Brits must traipse to their local post office or newsagents and ask for the Great British Railway set of stamps.
Customers too busy to go to the local post office themselves may hand over their passbooks to visiting salesmen, who will arrange a new account for them at no extra charge.
In response, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe plans to close 3, 700 post offices, many in small rural communities where the local post office is their logistical supply line to the larger world.
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The local Post Office, of course.
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UBS, preferring to keep their cash in local post-office accounts.
It embeds post-office workers deep in local communities, and gives the post-office customer relationships that commercial banks would die for.
If you are staying with friends or family, a Russian citizen will have to register you at the local police station or post office for about 5 euro.
After four years the group raised enough money to transform an outdated village hall into a community hub - with a local shop, coffee shop and a post office due to open soon.
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The post office will be officially opened by local councillor Marlay Howells at 1400 BST on Monday.
You may have noticed that you can buy boxes and tape at the post office, just like at your local UPS location.
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"The branch has been identified as one that could potentially be partnered with a retailer between the autumn of this year and spring of 2015, with any change being subject to a six week public consultation to gather the views of the local community, " said a spokesperson for the Post Office.
Post Office Ltd said it had consulted with watchdog Postwatch and all the local authorities within the area to come up with the plans.
"This contract means the public and businesses will continue to have convenient, local access to essential services while sub-postmasters will retain income to allow them to continue to provide a Post Office service to their communities, " said the federation's general secretary, George Thomson.
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