Joining The Angling Trust?

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:43 pm

Hi ya,

I am contemplating joining the Angling Trust and was looking for your valued opinions in regards to whether its actually worth joining?

Cheers macer

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:35 pm

Hi mate we all have our own views on whether to join the trust or not. What I would say is to try to decide if they are going to represent your views on angling. If so join them if not don't. Either way it is your choice and people should not begrudge you if you don't decide to join.

Colin

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:06 pm

I think it's a good thing especially as the dozy politicians are more likely to take notice of a large unified body. As a pensioner though I find their annual fee a bit steep and did email them to ask if they might consider a lower fee for OAPs. I have to say that they have not bothered to answer me which is not very encouraging.

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:15 pm

Eccles no offense mate but it's just not OAPs who are struggling at the mo.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:45 am

Although I hate to say it we have never had it so good.

Perhaps some of the older generation can remember the bad times.

Social security was means tested,

Parents had to take meinial jobs just to put food on the table

Kids wore hand me downs from their family

Kids collected coal off the railway lines that had been spilt from the wagons

Parents had to use the pawn shops

We had no free bus passes

We had no cold weather payments

We survived on sugar butties, dripping butties crisp butties ect ect

Yet we still moan, sorry lads but I for one will never moan when I remember those days, and the sheer struggle my parents had just to survive never mind bringing up kids.

Human nature being what it is always wants more and think that the world owes them a living

Cheers keith
big grin

Member Joined: Jul 15, 2008 Posts: 63 Location: Caerphilly

Aye Rabbi - but at least you had change from a pound big grin

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rabbi2 wrote:

Although I hate to say it we have never had it so good.

You have never had it so expensive either Keith.

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:13 pm

there loads more peeny's to the pound in them days too