I’m only hanging on by the skin of my teeth...

AFTER 17 years serving her Cornish village, Shann Rodgers says the only thing keeping her from closing is loyalty to her elderly customers.

The 61-year-old, pictured above, has seen her salary dwindle from £25,000 to £18,000 through changes in how the Post Office funds rural branches.

‘I am hanging on by the skin of my teeth,’ she said. ‘There is nowhere for this post office to go and I cannot sell it because it is worthless.’

Her post office in Goldsithney, a village of around 1,500, provides a vital service to elderly residents who use it for financial transactions.

‘I cannot leave these people in the lurch,’ she said. ‘It is mostly elderly people here and I am staying for these people rather than the Post Office.’