[Barrie Yates]

I could never understand why the Fuel Allowance is paid to SS living in Spain, Greece, Cyprus and other Mediterranean countries - even France. Although we received it when living there I did not think it was necessary even though we were in Brittany, didn't refuse it though. There are many other things that are paid now that we never had, yet we survived and raised our families. Worked every hour I could as an apprentice and did outside jobs, even in my early days in the RAF I would go beet hoeing or fruit picking (have you ever spent a full day picking gooseberries? - painful), to supplement my income - even labouring on a building site when not on shift. My wife also went out to work as soon as she was able.