After seven months of having their post office based in a van parked near the Fuente the residents of Turre now have a permanent post office. The new premises are at number six in the Plaza de la Constitucion and its opening times are daily from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The new post office will deal with normal mail, certified mail, telegrams, parcels and burofaxes.
The reason for the situation Turre found itself in is that it is the postman who has to provide the premises for the post office. Spanish legislation states that in rural areas the post office personnel have the obligation to provide premises and transport for the delivery of mail. Turre has two postmen, one who delivers the post in the town and another who takes the post out to those who live in the countryside around the town. The new post office has opened thanks to one of the postmen who has offered premises for this use.
The previous postman, Gines Visiedo, who is now retired, ran the post office in his own premises for more than thirty years, but his retirement meant the loss of the office.
According to the UGT (Union General de Trabajadores) the province's post office personnel working in rural areas are in an unsustainable situation, having to pay out of their own pockets for the fuel they need to make deliveries, with the corresponding recent rise in fuel prices, and the rental of premises for offices.
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