So far we've heard the views of business and the older generation, now it's time to let youth have its say and, where the young are concerned, there's no better person to speak to than Jack Penberthy.
A few months ago Jack, an 11-year-old pupil at Y Pant Comprehensive School, produced a project inspired by our post office in Swan Street.
Here Jack explains how he came up with the idea and what the post office means to him and his fellow citizens in the town.
"I started the project late last year, it was for a geography report which asked us about something that was changing in our local area, to save something that we need, so I chose our post office.
"I took a picture of the post office and notes from Colin (the Post Master) and then typed his quotes on to the computer.
"I went to the post office with my dad (David) and asked questions like: 'Who uses it?' Colin told me that everybody does, he mentioned people like e-bay sellers, old people for their pension and the Model House for sending packages.
"I learnt that if the post office closes old people will have to walk down to the one by Southgate. It's very hard to walk down there because there's a lot of traffic and there's only three buses that go there, the last one leaves at one o' clock. It's not that good a service so people will have a hard time.
"Others will have problems because they'll have to use their cars instead of walking and the roads will get busier. There'll be a lot of traffic and pollution.
"If I could talk to the people who want to close it down I'd tell them it's hard for us to get places because we are on a hill and old people will find it hard to get to the post office because the bus service does not stop at the old people's home.
"My dad says it's fairly easy to get to the post office we've got now even though the roads are quite busy. But to go to the one down in Southgate is hard because the pavement does not run all the way."
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