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income True the trust would repaid to her these taxes, but it took many months for repayment to be made. The sums required ran into many thousands of pounds while my salary was less than two thousand a year in those days. On two occasions we found our funds were not enough to finance the demands and we had the Bailiffs sent in by the Inland Revenue.
Even worse, because the trust held by Pamela’s parents involved large amounts of income from the sales of property etc I, as husband to Pamela, was taxed as if I received the monies and my tax allowances were taken by the trust. For the first forty years of our marriage I never had a tax allowance which considerably reducing my income.
Even today even though we are taxed separately, poor Pamela is still required to find and pay huge Capital Gains Taxes for gains the trust has received yet she has never been given. She still has to pay the tax for all the properties are in her name, she then has to wait several months for the tax certificates to be issued before she can claim repayment from the Trust and thus she is still always losing he interest on our savings.
No, marrying into money can be very costly, something I learnt the hard way. Nothing was ever given only loaned as we found out with Clare’s wedding ring! Mrs. Wakening had given Clare, our eldest daughter, one of her own rings for her wedding when she married John Suckling. But when Clare died in 1993, we had to take it off her finger for my mother in law asked for it back.
When Connie, Mrs Wakelings maid became incontinent Mrs Wakeling told her she was no longer required, we arranged for her to have treatment in hospital but Mrs Wakeling forbad us to visit her as she was no longer employed! That after sixty-five years of service. A similar thing happened when Mrs Wakeling’s sister Marion went into a home Pamela and I were not longer welcome at her mother’s house for we had visited the maid and arranged for her to go into a nursing home, We also visited Aunt Marion which was against Mrs. Wakeling’s wishes! Mrs. Wakeling had actually forbidden anyone to visit Connie despite.
After Connie died she was never replaced Mrs Wakeling turned to our son John and daughter Anne to make regular visits to attend to her. They helped by making meals and doing some of the household chores.
It was not long before they too became involved in the conflict. Mrs Wakeling would set them against each other for she wanted complete control. So there was never had a good word for Anne’s husband Andrew nor for John’s wife Beverly They were given jobs to do around Grosvenor House, firstly by clearing out Connie’s room and then later other rooms in the house! What they have turned up was amazing. They found nasty letters from Mrs. Wakeling to the family solicitor, pointing out that Beverly’s family should be watched! There were Jewish connections. Andrew, Anne’s husband too was not highly rated. In letters to her solicitor she did not think their marriages would last five years. Similar to ours! Yet so far it looks like we’ll make the 50th. The pattern was clear, anybody who was not a blood relative would not be accepted.
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