Still happens today. Many elderly people class benefits as charity. Jackie -----Original Message----- From: warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:warwick-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Connie Sent: 26 July 2012 01:09 To: warwick@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WAR] 1874 and beyond Jan Rockett wrote: > Pensions came in 1 January 1909 and a man had to be 70. lived here for > 20 years and be a British subject and it was means tested. Hallo I heard that many of those entitled to a pension refused to claim it as they "didn't want charity". Connie in London ------------------------------- List archives are at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/WARWICK ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WARWICK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message