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Jean | Report | 20 Feb 2013 01:29 |
my older sis has never paid a bill all her married life. my younger sis has our mothers old rent books plus our dads brew tin, loose tea was put in one end sugar in the other end. cant blame her for keeping that. last year she loaned me mums and dads old pics to aid with the family tree. i found lots of things, old letters from w.w.1 written in pencil.yes i will get rid of old bills, but treasured items will be kept. |
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GRMarilyn | Report | 20 Feb 2013 00:03 |
Haven't a clue ........Hubby's in charge.......I have never paid a bill in all my married life !! |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 19 Feb 2013 22:59 |
i have kept my mums old rent books 25 of them |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 19 Feb 2013 22:51 |
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GinN | Report | 19 Feb 2013 19:36 |
I know what you mean, Joy. Hubby and I have been sorting out all my Dad's old stuff, days and days of shredding! |
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Simon | Report | 19 Feb 2013 19:09 |
How sad future generations will be when they look back at the way their ancestors lived and find that there is no documentary evidence that they ever used electricity/gas/telephone/etc because we'd all thrown away all the bills!! |
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JoyBoroAngel | Report | 19 Feb 2013 12:43 |
when my hubbys auntie died in her 60s |
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DazedConfused | Report | 19 Feb 2013 12:37 |
Jean - Old MOT & Tax discs are collectible you may be able to sell them!!! |
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Jean | Report | 18 Feb 2013 23:52 |
maggie, glad you sorted your PPI. its better in your pocket than the robbing bankers. |
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Jean | Report | 18 Feb 2013 23:40 |
karen, you have reminded me that i have a folder for all things related to my car. old tax dics, old m.o.t. certs. what on earth i saved them for, god knows.i aslo found another folder with instruction booklets in... for the fridge, washer etc. when i sort all that out, they are going in my main file. so all paper work will be in one place. |
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Karen in the desert | Report | 18 Feb 2013 20:37 |
How long do you keep old bills etc, well, I keep utility bills for a couple of years, bank statements, tax records etc for about 10 yrs. I think it is recommended that you keep financial stuff for 7 yrs. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 18 Feb 2013 19:36 |
Jean, |
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~~ Jules in Wiltshire~~ | Report | 18 Feb 2013 11:56 |
I keep mine for about a year then shred them.. :-D |
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DazedConfused | Report | 18 Feb 2013 11:53 |
Funnily enough I am at present trawling through the backlog of old bills - bank statement and payslips (all since joining Royal Mail in 1980!!). As you can imagine it is a huge task. |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 18 Feb 2013 10:08 |
We have kept all out bank statements but bills and the such like get shredded after two years. |
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LadyScozz | Report | 18 Feb 2013 09:54 |
OH keeps everything! |
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AnninGlos | Report | 18 Feb 2013 09:50 |
All our utility credit card and banks statements are paperless now so I wonder how that affects things. |
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Kense | Report | 18 Feb 2013 09:09 |
What a sensible lot you all are. I've still got bank statements from 1958. They are almost historic documents now. |
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VIVinHERTS | Report | 18 Feb 2013 08:54 |
6 years for tax/pay and 3 for bills. |
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vera2010 | Report | 18 Feb 2013 03:03 |
6 years for tax correspondence. 6 months for bills and bank statements. |
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