A POSTMASTER says he made every effort to save a village post office from closure.
Ron Ford, who owns a chain of Costcutter stores in Barnsley, agreed to have a Post Office counter in one of his stores on Spark Lane, Mapplewell, in order to keep the service in the village.
But customers who turned up last week found a sign in store saying the post office counter was to shut last Saturday, less than a year after opening.
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