Nah back in the day benefits were paid by giro or order book so we all had to go to the P.O .
Or if like 99% of us you had a fraud conviction , you had to go in person to the Benefits office & get a P.I ( Personal Issue )
So everyday their would be people getting cash at the same place it's hard to explain how mad this was .
Imagine all the Convicts , addicts , Mentally ill all the poor folk in one place everyday then put money & drugs in the mix
They were mad days loads of fights , stabbings etc cos we all new each others pay day .
The worst ever for mne was Minerva St. Glasgow . It opened doors at 6:30am so by 8:30 when things could start it was crazy .
The P.O over the road was owned by a gang so if you had a giro for their you had to pay tax or get beaten to fuk .
I had 1 payment from their & swiftly put it down my pants and cashed it uptown ( i only new to do this cos i was told. )
Of course the Police would know where to get anone on a warrent .
It was like this untill 4/5 years ago when they made almost everyone get a Bank acct . or a Post office acct.
Does anyone else remember the days of the Benefits Agency Order Books rtc ?
If so you must have some mad stories.
I've seen people stabbed for a fiver allsorts .
As i said imagine all the nuts & drug addicts of your City in the same place at the same time some with Loadsa £ some with none .
The B.A was a 1 stop shop for scoring you could turn up in any city in the U.K n head straight for the B.A if you had the need .Having a habit makes you do stuff you wouldn't dream of if you were straight.
Oh yeah i sometimes get misty eyed about those days cos you only remember the good times of your drug addiction not the hellish stuff.