Email: Tell them nothing

Published: Saturday, 08 June 2013

I have no television licence and have been getting reminders and threats of visits for over 25 years at the same address, most recently last week, but no visits.

I don't know who sends them, but I suggest that other contributors to this column, [narrowboatworld] appear to have been voluntarily giving them lots of personal information about empty houses and about where you do and do not live, but this is unwise, they are strangers and due no explanations.

Properties are often left empty and people die, they actually know this already.

You are being much too accommodating and polite, and giving them quite the wrong impression about their position!

Julia Jacs