Memories: A nine-year-old Edward Meakins with his brother and sister when they first moved into the house in 1936
Posted on 08/17/2010 11:52:33 AM PDT by dennisw
An 83-year-old pensioner who has lived in the same council house for 74 years is being evicted after the death of his sister left him living alone.
Edward Meakins fears moving out of his life-long home will kill him but Barnet Council wants to use the three-bedroom property for one of the rising number of families needing large council homes.
He moved into the house in Cricklewood, north-west London, with his parents and four siblings in 1936 but is now the only resident after his sister Margaret died in May.
Following her death, he signed a temporary contract taking on the rights and responsibilities of the former tenant, but has since been told this will run out in six months.
'I moved here when I was nine, which was 74 years ago, and I don't think it is fair that after I have lived here for that long I should go and live in a flat,' he said.
'This has been my life in this house since I was nine. Why do they want to turn me out? I don't suppose I have got many more years to go, so why can't they just leave me here until I die?'
Mr Meakins, a keen gardener who worked as a window cleaner for 25 years
'I have been very worried about it. I wouldn't last long in a flat, it would kill me.
'I have got my garden and all my life here, so why do they want to take it all away from me?'
He recalled fond memories growing up in the house with his siblings.
'All the boys and girls in the street used to play together, we used to play round the alleyways in the back and it was a very happy time,' he said.
Memories: A nine-year-old Edward Meakins with his brother and sister when they first moved into the house in 1936
Are the Amish moving into his neighborhood?
Under 0bama and his clones this too can be your fate, comrades
So who are they going to put in this man’s house? A big Muslim family or some other foreigners? 50% chance of that
The comments @dailymail are worth reading
Is this socialized housing the guy is living in?
I read original UK Daily mail story so far NO
That so sad he live in his same house for 74 years he force move out
I guess he doesn’t own the house? And, what does it mean, he’s 74 and worked 25 years as a window cleaner. Did he do something else, or did he only work for 25 years? What on earth is he living on.
Ok, I know that’s not what the story is about but it struck me. I guess maybe he’s disabled or something.
Is this socialized housing the guy is living in?>>>>>>>>
Roughly speaking yes
Do you have a link to the original article?
Sorry, Edward - Big Brother needs your house.
He’s 83 years old. He’s lived in public housing for 74 years, and he’s worked for 25 of those years. I read that as he’s been on the dole for 58 years. Somehow I can’t work up much sympathy for the guy just because he’s old.
They don’t give a $hit about pensioners in the UK (the government that is).
74 years in a council (i.e. government) house? You live in government subsidized housing, you shouldn't bee too shocked when that same government decides you are surplus.
You never really own anything and do not acquire property rights.
You work for a small amount of time, then go on the dole for a longer amount of time.
Eventually, when society decides to stomp on you, no one cares, and you have no recourse. Suck it up.
The socialists paint their world as a Utopia. It isn't. It's hard and cruel.
Isn’t there something in one of your books that is like this?
OOps, he’s 83 years old. OK, yes, that was what I was wondering. This is what you get when you rely on someone else to take care of you. They get to call the shots. And you are expendable.
“So who are they going to put in this man’s house”
It’s not “this man’s house”. Council house is the British term for public housing. His house is owned by the local housing authority.
Before you allow them to take the only home you’ve ever know, burn it to the ground. Leave nothing they can take from you.
Amen. I wish more Americans would read this and think about what it means.
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