I AM a 66-year-old disabled pensioner and for six days at Christmas and four days at New Year, I was left on my own.

I know I had frozen food from Meals on Wheels which I could heat to make hot meals, but I had a heating breakdown.

I had only a two-bar Belling heater which I borrowed and a small fan heater for my bedroom.

When the Old people's homes are empty again, why not open them for people?

Also, they would be all right for people who go into hospital overnight for small operations and have no family. They could stay a few days.

M HAWORTH, Mill Hill, Blackburn.

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