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Eastenders - Heather
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I really feel for Heathers character, Imagine feeling that lonely that you couldn't tell your friends or anyone how hard you were finding things financially. I know it's only tv but kinda makes me think how lucky I am.
Anyone else watching this tonight really feeling for the character..
Anyone else watching this tonight really feeling for the character..
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.she's not been cut off, she has a key meter and she has no money to buy credit with. there is an emergency supply facility in the meter so that the power does not go off after 8pm and she could use it until 8am the next day, then it will cut off and she will have to put back an amount to cover the emnergency (£7 usually) and her debt, a weekly amount automatically factored into the meter, and her over usage from the night before, plus an amount for her new supply, in all she probably would need to put at least £20 on to get any electric at all for a day or so, they are not easy to manage, I;ve inherited one and they are fine most of the time except in very cold weather when you run the central heating more,
Three years ago we had to declare ourselves bankrupt (this was two weeks before our twins were born). We were then served notice to quit our rented house and had to wait 13 weeks before any benefits were paid. It was a truly dark time for us and I still don't know how we got through it. We didn't ask anyone for help or tell anyone how bad it was. (Things are getting better now and my husband has managed to start his own business.)
I do hope that they don't kill Heather off yet - I think that whoever is playing her is doing a very good job. We've recently been very hard up and are on PAYG meters, and I know the feeling of whether or not to buy electricity or food with your last £5.00! Fortunately life is starting to look up a bit for us, and I hope that it does so for Heather as well. EE may only be a soap, but I think that there are a lot of very good actors in it.
We have had times like that too-when our kids were small. I remember once having a few slices of bread and a small piece of cucumber, and some milk and no other food at all, I made tiny sandwiches for the kids and gave them milk to drink. The next day a cheque for £38 arrived in the post, a tax rebate as my husband had been laid off work. In 1974, £38 was a small fortune.