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Transcription of Letter
Lister House
Jan. 18th 1992
My dear Son & Daughter,
After your ring on Tues last I thought I'd put done my financial situation to make it clear
how things are. Enclosed is my Bank Statement up to Dec. 7th You know that every 4 weeks I pay
Peggy £800 made up so: —
O.A.P. £55.30 per week
Attendance Allowance £41.65 per week.
Income Support £61.48 per week
This adds up to £158.43 per week. I put £150 in the Bank per week & keep the 8.43 as pocket money.
alternate weeks I save £5 of
this to pay for my hair. My daily paper is £1.75 per week. Shampoo & set is £3.50 every 2 weeks
Trim S & Set £5
& a perm roughly every 3 months £15.0 Clothes & Shoes are usually by mail order by cheque &
comes out of what is left in my
account.
On the first of each quarter I pay £42.09 to the "Pru" This is to cover funeral expenses & I
hope a bit
over for you & Judith. At this time it amounts to about £3000 if I die this year!! I shall have a statement
soon. If I live to be 85 I don't
have to pay any more & can withdraw it if I wish.
The 4 weeks of £150 comes to £600 My hospital pension less tax is
£157.05 monthly so 150 or this goes to make up £750 of the £800 fee I hope all this makes sense to
you My only other expense
is the phone. I hope you realize John & Judy that it is humiliating for me to ask you for money. At the end of
January, by my reckoning, that
is:
£1417.67 +
Pensions 733.72
2151.39
less £800 for Peggy & 42.09 Pru so you see I am not
desperate
yet if I don't buy any clothes or shoes etc.,
There is no urgency at the moment If & when you both feel you need to contribute
£50 will cover the monthly fee. I'm only surmising Peggy will be putting up the fees in April as we get £2
a week rise in OAP & I
should get a bit more on my Hospital pension Peggy is hinting at the cost of the Heating & food bills &
she has to give rises to staff
in April. I hope you can understand all this son. Hope to hear some good news from you soon re your house Loving
& thinking of you every
minute
Lots of love
X X X X X X Mum X X X