Hi Vailron, perhaps she was paying by Direct Debit, because I can't think of any other way that the Utility Company would have let the bill mount up so much.
I still think it's very sad that a fourty year old woman wasn't missed. Didn't she have any friends or relaitions that would have been concerned?
This whole issue smacks of gross negligence on someone's part.[/quote]
You've hit the mail on the head there Admin, this is where it starts to get really interesting ! We are now entering phase one of that age old political game, " Passing the Buck" ! The Social Services will say its not their fault, someone should have reported her absence to the Police ! The Police will counter with the fact that she wasn't a criminal nor had she commited any offence etc. etc etc. And so it goes on
I think the main hope by the authorities is that if it all drags on long enough, it will go away and we will forget it ever happened..........until the next time !
when i started to read this thread, like everybody else, i never thought i would get a phone call so soon about a friend who has been found dead. i first had a call to say there was some concern as nobody could contact him and then they said they had tried the hospitals because his car was at his home. in desperation the police were called who broke in and found him deceased. he was rambling in his speech yesterday and nobody could understand him, hence their concern this morning.
this friend has a daughter from his first marriage and years ago, she found her mother dead some years after her parents had divorced. then a couple of years ago, her husband had a bad accident and is now having 24/7 care. this morning unable to contact our friend being her dad, she phoned my aunt who got in touch with another relative of the friend. they all went to his house, but couldn't get in, so called the police who found him.
between phone calls, a neighbour came hammering on my door and said her light was making a funny noise, so would i have a look for her. it turned out the smoke alarm had come off the ceiling and it was going off. it took me nearly 10 minutes to get the battery out as it was in very tight. because she hasn't got a phone, i called the council who were out and sorted it within half an hour and the lady can't thank me enough, but i didn't do for a pat on the back, i just helped her out because she couldn't do it. no problem to me to help any of my appreciative neighbours.
It's so sad that a human being can be left alone to die and not even be missed, for three whole years? I wonder how many old folks (or younger ones, come to that) are seemingly alone and on the verge of death.
Now I know that they keep telling us that Social Workers are stretched to capacity and that there are not enough of them to go round. Why then don't the Government train up new recruits into Social Care, so that there are more of them to cover the populated areas? There's enough peoople out there, unemployed, who would be glad of a well paid job. Once qualified, Social Workers are very highly paid.
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:58 am Post subject: gruesome find
personally i think it goes back to the sixties and seventies, when redevelopment of our towns and cities started on a massie scale. as high rise estates were built whole communities were uprooted an dumped in these slums of the future, the community spirit was destroyed by this, and we all started to keep ourselves to ourselves, not concerned about our new neighbours. we all became a victim of modernisation and consumerism of the 60's and 70's
I think you have hit the nail on the head Vailron, community spirit did get lost once the high rise flats were built and made people isolated in their high rise homes.
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:00 am Post subject: gruesome find
at least with the old back to back housing, you may of had nosey gosiping neighbours, but at least you all looked out for each other. modernisation isnt always a good thing.
Yes, Vailron, there was something worth having in those days, and our standard of living wasn't too great either, but if you was short of milk and anything else, the neighbours wouldn't see you go without.
I remember the days when I was just a small child and there was a large green (a playing field) in front of our row of Council houses. All the parents and us kids would get out in this field and have a game of rounders - such happy times. You never see parents out in the fields playing rounders with the kids these days, no because all the fields have been swallowed up to make way for housing and high rise blocks.
The Council called it progression with the times. I call it an eyesore and an excuse for the powers that be, to coin in more revenue. That's my opinion.
Sylvia said: The Council called it progression with the times. I call it an eyesore and an excuse for the powers that be, to coin in more revenue. That's my opinion.
I couldn't agree more. Anything for extra income, but what do they do with it? WASTE it on very expensive celebrations for their colleagues and friends.
i remember opposite my grans was a huge common, whenever my brother and i visited grtan at weekends we spent hours playing on the common, however by the late 60's this was taken aver and developed into a housing estate, where we were not allowed to play
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: gruesome find
we all make mistakes. will just have to remember to sign in every time, its just that with some of the sites i visit, unless you log off you remain signed in all of the time. sorry
Hi Vailron, Just to let you know that I never log off of this site, therefore, I get straight back in when I click onto silversurfers.myfreeforum.org.
The few times that I have logged off, for some reason or other, I have difficulty getting logged back on again and have had to ask Admin for help. It seems that however many times I put in my correct identification password etc, it just won't have it and it's such an ordeal, that I find it much easier just to not bother logging off, then there isn't a problem.
our local police made a gruesome find this morning. they found one of our neighbours dead in his bungalow, but he was rowing with somebody only yesterday over letting his dog use neighbours gardens as a toilet. we knew very little about him other than it was said he was thought to be a paedo and know for a fact he was always on the drink.
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