When I returned home from work this afternoon I had some mail to open. The first letter was pretty easy to tell what it was without opening it. It was my weekly invoice for my newspaper advertisement. No payment is required as I pay in advance for a block of six months’ worth of weekly adverts but they send out the invoices weekly. The next letter was also easy to guess it’s contents. It was a birthday card from one of my sisters living in France. It is my birthday tomorrow. The final letter I couldn’t figure out. A brown envelope usually signifies an official document inside but the senders’ return address was unfamiliar. I immediately thought it was something from the tax office! It wasn’t. I opened it and it was from the Government Pensions Department. The letter was informing me of my annual winter fuel subsidy allowance which will be paid automatically into my current account. As a ‘senior citizen’ over 60 I am entitled to a tax free allowance from my Government to help pay for heating bills over the winter months. This year they are paying me an extra £50 and tell me I will be getting £250. Now that is a nice surprise don’t you agree?
Shirley Anne
