YOU ask “What would encourage you to leave the car and get the bus?”. My answer is simple–“having a bus to get”, especially one which would take me to my bank.
I applaud the Kington postmaster for trying to get a banking hub facility in Kington and don’t know why it has been turned down. It would certainly be a valuable service. In the meantime, like other people in Kington and its hinterland, I use my nearest bank, in Leominster. It’s 12 miles away and there is no bus service.
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I have banked online for several years which is OK for straightforward transactions but hopeless when there is something more complex to do or there’s a problem or you wish to deposit cash.
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Although I drive at the moment, I am getting old and the time will come when I cannot long endure; thousands of people are already in that situation. But it isn’t just private customers who are inconvenienced by the lack of banks and the lack of buses. They affect local businesses too.
Banks and buses bring people into towns—to shop, to socialise, to spend money on services. Why can’t our technology-obsessed bankers realise this? If they showed a lead, that they really care about the communities they serve, the buses would follow.
JULIA C EVANS
Lyonshall
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