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Transcription of Letter
From
Mrs J.R. Derbyshire
Lister House
105 Boughton Green Rd
Northampton. Kinsthorpe
NN2 7.S.U. England
To
John and Rose.L.Derbyshire.
15, Chestnut Street
Huntington N.Y. 11743
U.SA.
October 28th 1996
My darling children,
Thank you very much for the letter & cheque I received this morning. I am very grateful. I'll get Judy to bank
it on Wednesday when she comes. I really hate having to ask you for money, John. I'd rather give than take. I feel I'm
robbing you. I'm going to
write to the Social Services to see if they'll increase my income support. I'll tell you what the situation is at the
moment. I pay
Peggy £225 per week (that is £860 every 4
weeks.). Up to now I get £185.04 weekly, made up of my
OAP which is £65.24
weekly, Attendance Allowance £48.50 weekly, Income
Support £41.76. weekly. My nurse's pension £189.75
monthly roughly gives me
£47 weekly. I make this £203.20 a week. Over the years I've put the rest of the fee out of my meagre
savings. (I've never been very
good at sums Anything left at the end of the month goes towards the next £860 for Peggy, so I'm now at the
end of any savings I had. I
hope you can make sense of this. I have £30 a month pocket
money, which pays my daily & 2
weekly papers. My hair every 2 weeks £3.50, my feet every 6-8
wks £7 I buy odds
& ends such as toiletries. & any tablets — i.e. painkillers etc. & of course any clothing I
need, stamps & sundries.
Telephone quarterly & £42 & quarterly L.I. Premium which ends when I'm 85 next March. If I die before
then they pay out £2,900
plus so I hope there will be £1000 each for you & Judy & £1000 any funeral expenses. It's up to
you & Judy what you do with
it £1000 isn't much I know, when I think of the thousands I've paid Peggy over the years I could cry, but
then I'd have to have paid
other bills so I suppose it equals out.! I'm so sorry I haven't more to leave you & my little darlings. I'd
hoped I'd die before I became
a burden on you both but that is not in my hands. I don't want to become senile I hope I die before I get to that
stage, but I love you all so
much, nor do I want to leave you till I've seen you both & the children again. I worry about your health &
safety, I pray for you all every
waking minute. Again thank you both & your babies for giving me so much love & caring. I consider myself a
very lucky mother, grandmother.
Rose has made me very happy too for loving you & giving you her love & support & two lovely babies.
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