We have one cashpoint... and three empty banks
THE once thriving community of Milnthorpe now has only one cash machine left.
The large village straddling the A6 near the Cumbria-Lancashire border had three banks six years ago, but two are now empty and the third is earmarked for demolition.
Peter Tomkins, who owns a health food shop, said: ‘The closures have stopped people coming into the village from outlying areas. We have to rely on local customers to provide us with cash. But they can’t get money from the banks so the cash machine is the last source.’
He added: ‘Some people want to use cash. The banks have been very selfish.’
Craft shop owner Mary Smith said banks were ‘trying to create a cash-free society, but people want the choice’.