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Originally Posted by joglynne
I have had a bank account since the early 60s and never had to get a male, or female relative to give permission to either access my money or use/obtain a cheque book.
I do remember, when we opened our first joint account in 1969, being asked to explain why two chequebooks were required and telling the officious bank clerk that as there were two account holders we needed two chequebooks. I think I was a tad scary even all those years ago so a second chequebook was issued without further comment. 
I have a feeling that maybe some women even in the 60s felt that they had to let their husbands control all finances so maybe a wife asking her husband for permission to spend money unsupervised was still an accepted practice and this was why Deirdre felt she had to raise the question of getting access to their joint account.
Add/ I also got a cheque guarantee card well before I married in 1969 and again never had to get any form of permission to do so though I was getting a monthly salary paid into the account it was attached to so I assume that was all that was required |
You may well have just been lucky Jo..I remember my mother having issues about HP after my father had died..it wasn't until my uncle,her brother-in-law got involved that it was resolved.
I myself had no issues but then I started working in the early 70s and equality was still at the bra burning stage then. Women weren't prepared to be messed about with after the Equal Opportunities Act.
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
i think ladies used to swoon allot in the old days at the very thought of things like money |
Your input is always so enlightening.
