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the end we were better off as we did not have to pay that
interest. It took about three years to pay them back through
the courts, a year longer than I had originally agreed and then
would you believe the original portacabin owners sent a bill
for the interest!
I happily explained that they had brought the court action
and the court had decided that I should only pay the original
amount for the cabin. The interest they could whistle for. I was
jubilant although it took some time to cope with the ‘county
court’ stigma on my personal credit rating or rather lack of!
We also coped with the bank that held our mortgage and
again through another court they agreed to give us extra time
to pay. The court appointed a personal financial advisor which
helped enormously.
Ruth began paying the mortgage herself from her wages as
the local District Nursing sister and at the same time paying off
the creditors bit by bit the same way. This was all in her
working day after she had helped me “muck out” 15 heavy
horses before she started work!

“HEAVEN SENT” HEATING
I have moved away from the thread of this story again, but
you now have some additional background to the situation we
were in, let us go back to the Chapel to finish this tale.
Our local Methodist Chapel had dry rot in their floor. It had
to go and be replaced by new timber and the contractor
engaged to do the job needed somewhere to dump the rotten
old flooring and joist beams.
Keith Gyler the Senior Chapel ‘worthy’ asked me if I had
any ideas or indeed any space to dump the material!
Our situation was precarious as you now realise; we had no
money for fuel of any kind, this being by now January and the
coldest part of the Winter was about to unleash itself on us. I
think I actually wept to think that this amazing ‘gift’ should

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