Also there are some who just don't want the help - I remember an old chap who used to live near us.......... cantankerous old so and so! He was always clean but his house was absolutely filthy and full of rubbish........ as was his garden. He cooked for himself and washed and all - not too sure if his clothes saw too much washing powder though!

But he was fit & healthy and that was how he wanted to live - wouldn't allow anyone "official" in the house - he "collected" things he used to say............ Never seemed to buy anything or spend any money - never worked as far as we knew - so we all assumed he was skint - hence going through skips, bins, etc and hoarding stuff. He had no family that we knew of.

When he died, he left a small fortune to a childen's charity in his will...................

C xx