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RETIRED

RETIRED's Posts

Cant think of a better place to spend my retirement

council tax
15 Mar 2008

Our heating allowance has gone up and I can tell you what we do with it! We use it to keep warm in the cold weather. A lot of pensioners are old and frail and are unable to keep active enough to keep their circulation going so they have to keep their heating on most of the day. Yes our heating has gone up but so has our council tax and water rates by about £10 per month,thats without the ...

We are paying far more than we ever did and getting far less than we ever did!!

4 Mar 2008

I have lived in Dawlish all my life and can remember when it was a thriving town with lots of shops and it was safe to park your baby in pram outside while you went in to purchase your goods. The manor gardens, the lawn and flower beds all kept immaculate. The roads swept and drains cleared regularly so we didn't have the problem of flooded roads. There was no such thing as council tax, your ...