Britain is no country for old men

'That is no country for old men....Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect.' W.B.Yeats 'Sailing To Byzantium.' 1926

Thursday, 10 January 2013

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Goodbye" to an old prisoner of the Second World War called Alfie Fripp

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Alfie, who was a Second World War, Royal Air Force Squadron Leader, shot down by the Luftwaffe and thought to be the longest-serving Brit...
Tuesday, 8 January 2013

Britain is no country for trusting, gullible old men, preyed upon by heartless, young conmen

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Ronald, who is a very old man of 90 and his wife Lucy who is 92, were swindled for bogus roof repairs by this 21 year old man. When sent...
Monday, 7 January 2013

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Goodbye" to its oldest man, Reg Dean

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Reg Dean, who was born in 1902, 12 years before the outbreak of the First World War and at 110 years, was Britain's oldest man, died t...
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Sunday, 6 January 2013

Britain is no country for an old car called 'Maurice' once owned by an old driver called Jack

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This is retired draughtsman, Jack Hepworth, 85 years old and left heartbroken after thieves stole his beloved car called 'Maurice'....
Thursday, 3 January 2013

Britain is a country where more and more old men 'to be', plan to sell their homes to fund their old age

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A survey of 1000 adults across 12 European countrues commissioned by finance firm 'ING Direct', has found that  cash-strapped Brit...
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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Britain is still an country for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old Oxford historian called Keith Thomas who asks : what are the ends of life ?

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Sir Keith was born 6 years before the outbreak of the Second World War and  is 80 years old today. I remember reading his most famous bo...
Monday, 31 December 2012

Britain is no country for old men within its borders and Germany is no country for old men within and inceasingly, without its borders

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According to Germany’s 'Federal Bureau of Statistics', more than 400,000 old men and women cannot afford a German retirement home, a...
Sunday, 30 December 2012

Britain is a country which, in 2012 said "Goodbye" to 33 remarkable old men who collectively had lived within its shores for over 2,400 years

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1. Peter Hammond (right) : 87 Britain is no country for and says "Goodbye" to an old actor then film director called Peter Ham...
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