Originally Posted by
Shadrack the Red
On a similar vain , in 1984/5 when I was enjoying a year off at Maggies pleasure I paid my mortgage in full for two months but then came to an agreement with my building society to pay just £1 a month for the rest of the strike ,which in fact kept my account open & then of course afterwards it cost me a fortune with the arrears being tagged on , however my point is that maybe the energy companies may come to such an agreement to accept initially a nominal payment until such time that things may recover , who knows , I am only throwing in as a comparison of hard times & a temporary solution .