Appleby-in-Westmorland post office relocates to town’s Spar store

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Appleby-in-Westmorland’s post office has relocated into the town’s Spar store retaining a range of services for the rural Cumbrian community. The move has seen a double counter installed next to the tills within the Spar store in Boroughgate after the retirement of the postmaster at…

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