Pensioners protest outside Halifax in Normanton

Pensioners protest outside Halifax in Normanton.

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00:00 We're protesting for the elderly and the disabled.

00:04 They can't get away from this.

00:07 They can already live in Normington but they can't move into Wakefield,

00:10 they can't go to Castleford.

00:12 And we've had a few in tears.

00:14 There's one lady, she comes with a guide dog.

00:17 She can't get on a bus.

00:19 There's other ladies who come on their mobile scooters.

00:23 They can't go.

00:25 So what do you do?

00:27 If this closes?

00:28 And all we ask for is can they give us a hub?

00:31 Which would be lovely, what do you say?

00:34 If we had a hub, the ideal.

00:37 They've got a hub at Osset, that's happening.

00:40 So, you know, why not Wakefield, why not Normington?

00:44 This little village is, you know, without a bank, we've nothing.

00:47 There was a bank down the road a few years ago

00:49 and everybody went from that bank to Harryfax here.

00:53 You know, so what do you do?

00:56 And, uh, take a nap.