Complaints received by the Housing Commission from their tenants: 
  (actual comments taken from forms).
 
  I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my
  knob off.
 
  I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put
  his foot in the hole in his back passage.
 
  Their 18 year old son is continuously banging his balls against my 
  fence.
  Not only is this making a hell of a noise, but the fence is now sagging 
  in the centre.
 
  This is to let you know there is a smell coming from the man next door.
 
  I am writing on behalf of my sink, which is running away from the wall.
 
  I wish to report that tiles are missing from the roof of the outside
  toilet and I think it was bad wind the other night that blew them off.
 
  I request your permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.
 
  The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is 
  cleared.
 
  Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and
  not fit to drink.
 
  Would you please send a man to repair my spout, I am an old aged 
  pensioner and need it straight away.
 
  I want to complain about the farmer across the road.  Every morning at
  5.30 his cock wakes me up and it's getting too much.  It's alright when 
  my husband is on day-shift, but when he's on back-shifts or nights I get it
  several times a week from Mr.  Docherty next door and at my age it's too
  much.
 
  The man next door has a large erection in the back garden, which is
  unsightly and dangerous.
 
  Our kitchen floor is very damp, we have two children and would like a
  third so will you please send someone to do something about it.
 
  The toilet seat is cracked - where do I stand?
 
  I am a single woman living in a downstairs flat and would be pleased
  if you could do something about the noise made by the man I have on top 
  of me every night.
 
  Please send a man with clean tools to finish the job and satisfy the
  wife.
 
  Can you send a carpenter to the house.  When the woman next door
  closed the door the other night, she pulled at my knob too hard and now
  it's
  ready to fall off.
 
  I have had the Works Superintendent down on the floor six times, but
  still have no satisfaction.

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