Julian Sturdy

I would like to sincerely thank all those who rallied around and supported my petition protesting against the proposed closure of Fulford Post Office.

The response to the petition, which called on Gordon Brown to halt the ongoing post office closure program and keep post offices like Fulford open, has been simply fantastic. This culminated in Fulford postmaster Aasif Rabbani and myself presenting it to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday January 16^th.

It was essential that we responded swiftly and demonstrated our strength and unity and the full extent of our outrage, anger and frustration at these closure plans. I believe the residents of Fulford and North Yorkshire have sent a strong message to Gordon Brown which shows we will not stand by and let these closures happen.

After presenting the petition to number 10 and following a couple of radio interviews we met up with Charles Hendry the Conservative Shadow minister with responsibilities for Post Offices, at this point the day had gone extremely well but sadly things were about to take a turn for the worst. We arrived at Kings Cross to catch our train back to find that a points failure just outside the station meant no trains were coming in, after standing on the platform for over three hours with hundreds of other frustrated people we final boarded a train and arrived back into York at one o’clock in the morning. However if we save Fulford Post Office it will have all been worth it.

Ellee Seymour travelled to Number 10 with us read more about the day on her blog.