Indebted to new way of thinking

I HAVE a postcard-sized bank passbook, in which my pension is automatically deposited every month, used to pay for food and bills for electricity, water, gas and rates. If I overdraw a few pounds, I am penalised.

Yet, we have had successive Chancellors of the Exchequers boasting the UK is on the up. What I cannot comprehend is why banks send out letters telling holders of bank accounts to meet a financial assistant to save a few pounds.

However, at the same time, the man in charge of our government finances, currently George Osborne, gets away with apparent contentment that he owes £1.3 trillion.

To me that means the UK is bust and living on debt!

Not quite out

From: RF Heys, Bar Lane, Ripponden.

HAVING recently been informed that a sequel to JD Salinger’s great novel The Catcher in the Rye is pending, I have been inspired to pen a postscript to my brief but eventful career on the cricket field entitled The Duffer in the Slips. Prospective publishers are invited to contact me.

Picture plea

From: Norman Taylor, Leeds.

AS an 87-year-old, I lent a photo of myself at 14 years old appearing at the Leeds City Varieties. I recently sent the photograph to a lady who was interested in the Varieties. She promised to return it many weeks ago. Unfortunately I have lost her phone number and I would like the photo returning.

Performing rites

From: Max Nottingham, St Faiths Street, Lincoln.

A YORKSHIRE saying my dad used to say: “If you promise, you must perform.”