An oval "Post Office" sign outside a rural village post office in the UK. Many rural post offices are threatened with closure.

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An oval "Post Office" sign outside a rural post office in the UK. Many rural post offices are threatened with closure. Many services they used to offer such as issue of TV licences and road tax discs have been taken away from them. Many have diversified and this village post office, in Watchfield, Oxfordshire, is also (at Feb 2011) a craft shop. Others offer an eBay items posting service.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Watchfield, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Derek Gale / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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