There are bright yellow “Closing Down Sale” notices in TG Jones windows today. Staff told me that the Post Office will close at the same time.
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nightmare..so the only Post-office will be Lordship Lane?
Which invariably has a queue out of the door.
No Banks locally, No Post Office…
I use the Sydenham post office - well organised , in and out in no time
295 Stanstead Road will be the other PO alternative in SE23.
I suspect most will use Sydenham, followed by East Dulwich.
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I never knew there was one there, mind you I seldom go to Sydenham,
Now I have a reason to do so,
Thanks
There’s also one next to Le Querce. However one shop locally expressed an interest in running a PO should the opportunity arise, which was advertised recently. Who knows if they could actually make it happen though
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The PO in Forest Hill Road (opposite GP Practice) is another option that I sometimes use.
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I spoke to the Post Office a while ago about this and they confirmed that they’d received at least one promising application from another local business to host their services in the event TG Jones closed down. I’ll reach out to them again and see if they can share anything about their current plans.
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Long queue inside Sydenham Post Office whenever I’ve been past on a Saturday.
Fair point - never tried it on a Saturday! 
Most of the alternatives need a car to get to. I hope that if a replacement does open in Forest Hill it is not upstairs. I found it impossible to stand in a queue on the staircase.
Yes..that is a problem, I’m a bus ride away from Sydenham and Lordship Lane, and the I’d have to walk to Forest Hill road which again is a bit of a trek including uphill much of the way (I don’t drive.
Apparently the Government still own the Post Office. So time to write to local MP and ask what they are doing about it?
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Ellie Reeves MP has written to the Post Office. I just hoping she emailed it rather than relying on the post office.
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The letting agents have, in a response to an enquiry, revealed that a new and as yet unidentified tenant has taken a 10 year lease on the TG Jones building.
No details on prospective status or retention of Post Office services were provided.
Perhaps we will not have to wait too long for further details to emerge.
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Does that mean we’re stuck with this building? How does this affect the proposed development of Forest Hill town centre?
Any outcome such as being stuck with the building is not readily foreseeable.
A 10 year lease granted in a multi-layer contractual arrangement where Network Rail - soon to be Great British Railways - is the ultimate owner with many entities in the lease arrangements with the new prospective tenant which in itself will have break and termination clauses and the like which could come into play in the future.
Any options on the Town Centre Development will focus on the Rail Industry’s engagement being the core of proposals. The investment cycle in those spheres are not short and from that it may be a few years downstram before any firm comitment to engage by the Rail Industry will emerge.
It might be antcipated that this prospective new lease may not be viewed as an insurmountable issue.
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That sounds like something straight from ChatGPT? Apologies if not but would be interested to hear who’ll end up in the unit!
No apologies required and whilst I am not averse to using AI - not on this occasion. But then maybe I have read too many AI responses from many sources and it’s having an effect.
The identity of the new occupant will be revealed soon enough I guess.
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