Outrage in Calderdale as banks announce more branch closures

People in Calderdale have reacted angrily after the latest closure of bank branches in the borough.
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Two branches of Barclays Bank in Calderdale are to close later this year.

The branch in Briggate, Brighouse, will close on Friday, June 5, while the branch on King Cross Road will shut its doors on Friday, June 12.

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But the branch in Halifax town centre will remain open.

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The closure will leave Barclays customers in Brighouse needing to travel more than four miles to their nearest branch, in Huddersfield.

The Brighouse branch of the Yorkshire Bank is also set to be closed.

Many people have been having their say on the bank closure.

This is what you have said on the Halifax Courier Facebook page.

Ruth Chalmers: "There is always a que in Halifax Barclays too so where will we go if we need to go in the bank ? I do not and will not do internet banking looks like I’ll have to switch banks."

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Kathleen Harrison: "Once again Joe Public is being treat very badly. They say footfall has drooped in the banks I take issue with that as there is always a queue in Barclays in Brighouse this surely shows a need for over the counter use.

"We may have the digital age pushed on to us but not every one is a user. I am a user and have been a personnel user of Barclays for quite a number of years and the trustee of a charity that users Barclays this quite devastating news.

"Charities rely on contributions via collection boxes this cash has to be taken into a branch this will cause great difficulty for charities.

"Parking near to branches in larger towns will prove to very difficult. Business will also be hit badly. Elland has been destroyed a lot of this must be attributed to having no banks."

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Johanna Hall:"People still need banks, not everything can be done electronically. I am living overseas and have banked with Barclays since I the 80s.

"I still need certain verification for cards that can only be done in a branch. Why must I then travel to a major city to do this if my branch closes?"

Kathryn Shaw: "Not everyone does online banking some enjoy going to the bank and actually speaking to a human being it's getting to be all about profit, what would happen if people stopped using the banks."

Helen Sunter: "Yet another bad move for local towns."

Dawn Archibald: "Really why? There will be no banks soon, what are the elderly supposed to do?"