Saturday, 27 February 2010

Britain is a country where the Labour Party celebrates ' Our Ageing Society'

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The 'Guardian Newspaper' journalist, Alexander Chancellor told us readers on Friday that : * The Prime Minister, had invited him to ...
Friday, 26 February 2010

Old Britons say " Happy Birthday" to Sandie Shaw.

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Sandie Shaw is 63 today and the 'Guardian' Newspaper says she is a ' singer and businesswoman'. I am intrigued and shall res...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Britain said " Happy Birthday" yesterday to Denis Waterman and Paul Jones

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Paul Jones is 68 today and Denis Waterman is 62. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i8oZUPKWOo Things you didn't know about Denis : * Born ...

Britain is a country for old men of 74 but not before or beyond

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I am going to have to wait another 12 years because, according to scientists, we are most content only when we hit 74. Apparently, a combina...
Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Britain this winter has been no place for old men but one with plenty of advice from the Government

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It's snowing again. The wet stuff, so it won't settle. This is the worst winter in Britain for 30 years and it's good to know th...
Sunday, 21 February 2010

Britain shall soon say " goodbye" to a brave man who was, once the infamous 'Inspector of Schools' called, Chris Woodhead

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When I was a teacher in mainstream secondary education, the name of 'Chris Woodhead' was anathema. He was 'Chief Inspector of Sc...
Saturday, 20 February 2010

Is Britain is no longer a country for 'Angry Young Men' like Osborne, Sillitoe, Mercer and Storey ?

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Left to right : Harris, Courtenay, Burton and Warner . When I was a student at Sussex University over 40 years ago, I chose a course about t...
Friday, 19 February 2010

Britain's B.B.C. is a no company for old men who want news, but one where they can get a full update on the love life of golpher Tiger Woods

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I just checked into the 'BBC 1 News on T.V'. to be updated on World Affairs and Domestic Affairs like 'the big ministerial discu...

Britain's Old Men say " Hats off" to Leonard Cohen who wrote 'Hallelujah' in 1984 and K.D.Lang who sang it at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010

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I'm not moved much these days, but K.D.Lang's rendition on Leonard Cohen's song, 'Hallelujah', moved me to tears : In th...
Thursday, 18 February 2010

Britain says "Goodbye" to Cy Grant

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Cy Grant, singer , actor and writer died on the 13th February at the age of 90. What you didn't know was that he was : * Born in a vill...
Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Mans' technology of present & future were foreseen by 2 Britons : H.G.Wells and Sir James Jeans , but Canada's K.D.Lang reminds us of our humanity

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I watched the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics and I was awestruck by the technology. It reminded me of the words H.G.Wells wrote,...
Monday, 15 February 2010

Britain says "Happy Birthday" to Claire Bloom who is 79 today

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So, Claire Bloom is 79 today. This is how I first saw and remember her in John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' in 1958 : http://w...
Sunday, 14 February 2010

Britain is no country for old men who have become ' politically explosive'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnj3 I listened to a programme on Radio 4 this morning called 'Broadcasting House' which deals w...
Saturday, 13 February 2010

Canada is a country for old men like Donald Sutherland

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I watched the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Vancouver which was spectacular. A feast of modern technology. I learnt that, like ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Britain's old men, you are moaning busy bodies who can't laugh at yourselves

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An article appeared in the Telegraph newspaper in January entitled : Are you fed up with Britain's old people? Are you living in fear o...
Monday, 8 February 2010

Britain, in winter, is no place for old men but still a place for Sandie Shaw

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It's snowing again and the forecast for this week and next week is bleak. Look at that high pressure system to the right of Scandinavia....

Google :'Old People in Britain Today'

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If you put 'Old People in Britain Today' on a 'Google' search, it produces a rich harvest of sad and depressing websites : S...
Saturday, 6 February 2010

Britain says " Happy birthday" to Professor Greenhalgh, Jimmy Tarbuck, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Denis Norden and Patrick Macnee

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" Happy Birthday" today to : 1. Patrick Macnee. Actor who is 88 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0YOlU3SMgs 2. Denis Norden. Script...
Friday, 5 February 2010

Yesterday, Britain said "Happy Birthday" to a remarkable old man called Sir Norman Wisdom

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Norman Wisdom was born 95 years ago in the Marylebone district of London. Baby boomers like me will remember him for his films in the 1950...
Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Britain's old grandpas, you have a champion in Baroness Deech

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I met an old friend for lunch in a Kentish pub yesterday. He is 67 years old and a grandfather. What's more, at the moment, he and his w...