There has been a rumour for a long time that Barclays are going to close and now the only two remaining banks closing within a day of each other and leaving a town with no operating banks and the nearest in Sydenham or Catford, it not if Forest Hill is a village or a small town in the middle of nowhere

I am a customer of Santander and was looking at moving my account to Barclays, as I don't trust the internet banking system, now that is cancelled. I remember when I moved into the area over 30 years ago we had three building societies Woolwich, Abbey National (Santandar) and Peckham and two banks Midland next to old post office and Barclays.