Saturday, 28 July 2012

Britain is still a country where old men say "Happy Birthday" to an old actor called David Warner and remember when he and they were young

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David Warner,  English actor, known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, across a range of media, includ...
Friday, 27 July 2012

Britain is a country where old men remember when they were young men competing in the 1948 London Olympic Games

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These are former Olympic gymnasts George Weedon and Frank Turner in 2010. In July 1946, one year after the end of the Second Worl...
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Thursday, 26 July 2012

Britain is no country for a brave old man called Joseph Carter beaten by burglars

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This is the battered, bruised and blood-stained face of 82-year-old Joseph Carter who was beaten and stabbed in his head and body when h...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Britain is a country where the old men at Eilean Siar on the Scottish islands of Orkney and Shetland are the happiest people in the land

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An article in 'The Gaurdian' today was entitled : Wellbeing index points way to bliss: live on a remote island, and don't work...
Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Britain is a country where old men remember a tv series called 'Poldark' and say "Goodbye" to Angharad Rees who beguiled them as 'Demelza' when they were young men

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What you possibly didn't know about Angharad who has tragically died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 63, that she : *  was ...
Sunday, 22 July 2012

Britain is still a country for a 101-year-old Indian marathon runner and Olympic torch bearer called Fauja Singh

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Fauja Singh is a remarkable man who was born in 1911 and is a British marathon runner of Punjabi Sikh origin whose record for the age ...
Thursday, 19 July 2012

Britain is a country with a town called Christchurch full of old men and visited by for the BBC by Jeremy Paxman for his 'Senior Moment'.

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According to the 2011 census in Christchurch in Dorset, almost a third of the population are over 65 and at the start of this month the t...
Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Britain is still a county for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old film actor called Burt Kwouk

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Burt Kwouk is 81 today and is best known in his career in films as 'Cato', the man-servant and karate expert, hired by I...
Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Britain is no country and a country where more and more old men end their own lives

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An article in 'The Guardian' yesterday was entitled : Suicide on the rise among older men Mental health charity says reces...
Sunday, 15 July 2012

Britain is still a country for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old classical guitarist called Julian Bream

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Julian, one of the most distinguished classical guitarists of the 20th century who has also been successful in renewing popular interest in...
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