[Margaret Pilkington]

No,MH…you did nothing wrong….it is just that you are the wrong ethnicity.

My dear old Dad needed a new pair of glasses, but could not afford them….he went to the DSS(this is a long time ago because has has been gone 30years)….they told him that he was not eligible for help…..he said to them ‘would it make a difference if I said my name was Mohammed, not Jimmy?’
He fought for this country, but he was not eligible because my mum earned ten Bob over the threshold…they made two suggestions….contact the British Legion….or live apart from your wife.
I told him to go and get himself some glasses and I would pay for them, but he said that he had paid into the system, so he should be able to get help.
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