Friday, 6 August 2010

If Britain is no country for old men, what about Japan ?

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Britain has more and more old men and so does Japan, but the difference is that : their old men live longer than our old men . I wonder why ...
Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Britain is a country where old men have fond childhood memories of things which didn't happen

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Old people might say that, although they might have trouble remembering what they did an hour or day ago, their memories of what they did 50...
Monday, 2 August 2010

Britain is a country which says "Happy Birthday" to Peter O'Toole

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Peter O'Toole is 78 today. Things you probably didn't know about Peter, that he was : * born Peter Seamus Lorcan O'Toole in Irel...
Sunday, 1 August 2010

'Britain is No Country For Old Men' v 'Animal Madness' - the Battle of the Blogs

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I've done it ! The number of visits I have had today to my blog : 'Britain in No Country for Old Men' has finally exceeded my Da...

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Friday, 30 July 2010

Britain is a country where you can buy the false teeth of famous old men like Winston Churchill

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The 'Daily Mail' newspaper reported that : Churchill's false teeth snapped up for £15,000 at auction. Apparently, without gold-p...

Britain is still a country for unstoppable old singers like Tom Jones

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John Humphrys the veteran broadcaster was born in Wales and at 67, shows no sign of stopping. 'Sir' Tom Jones the veteran singer was...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Britain is still a country for formidible old broadcasters like John Humphrys

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John Humphrys is 67 years old and still going strong as a t.v. and radio broadcaster and as a journalist. I read an article this weekend in ...
Monday, 26 July 2010

Britain is a country which says "Happy Birthday to an old man called 'Sir' Mick Jagger

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Sir Michael Philip 'Mick' Jagger is 67 today. Things you didn't know about my fellow 'South Londoner', he : * and Keith ...
Saturday, 24 July 2010

Britain is less and less a country for more and more 'poor' old men

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According to a Report in the British Medical Journal, the gap in mortality between rich and poor is wider now than in the Economic Depressio...
Friday, 23 July 2010

Britain says "Happy Birthday" to David Essex

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David Essex is, like me a London 'baby boomer' and having been born in 1947, has reached the age of 63. Things you probably didn...
Thursday, 22 July 2010

Britain is a country which says "Happy Birthday" to the actor Terence Stamp

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Terrence Stamp is 72 today. He has appeared in 63 films, most memorably as : * young Billy Budd in 'Billy Budd' in 1962. * butterfly...
Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Britain is a country where old men say "Happy Birthday" to Dame Diana Rigg and remember her as 'Mrs Peel'

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Diana Rigg is 72 today. Britain's old men remember her from the the 1960's t.v. series called 'The Avengers'. http://www.you...
Saturday, 17 July 2010

Britain is a country which needs more and men like Christopher Irven who has that, now, rare quality of ' the Dunkirk Spirit'

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'Dunkirk Spirit' is defined as : 'Triumph in the face of adversity. backs-to-the-wall belligerence, Courage, especially a determ...
Thursday, 15 July 2010

Britain is a country where young men, with alacrity, steal things from old men

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I discovered my spade and fork had disappeared from my garden. A conversation with my neighbour elicited the fact that the boys with their m...
Wednesday, 14 July 2010

Britain is a country where old men remember Eden Kane

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In a nostalgic frame of mind I went back to the 1960's and remembered Eden Kane. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A94evtK0iz4 Things you d...

Britain is still a country for old men like Chris Irven who do cliff jumping

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I had to make some decisions today. Should I celebrate the 63rd birthday of Julia Somerville or the exploits of 75 year old, retired Army Ma...
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Britain is a country whose old men say "Happy Birthday" to an old American actor called Dale Robertson

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In those dreary Post-Second World War days in the 1950's, American t.v. series were a breath of life to the Brits. Glued to our a small ...
Monday, 12 July 2010

Britain was once a country which lampooned deference to its Monarchy and the 'great and good'

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The Guardian Newspaper mistakenly announced that Sir Alistair Burnet, broadcaster, was 82 today, when in fact he was born on the 17th March ...

Britain is no longer a country for Alf Carretta of 'The Zimmers'

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Alf Carretta who has died at the age of 93 was the lead singer in 'The Zimmers', a group which consists of 40 pensioners with a comb...
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