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

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Goodbye" to a gentle and quintescentially 'Northern' comic called Norman Collier

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Norman, old fashioned comic from Northern Britain has died at the age of age 87. What you possibly didn't know about Norman, that h...
Tuesday, 19 March 2013

Britain is still no country for too many old men expecting to be fed, respected and not abused in hospital

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Care Quality Commission inspectors visited 50 hospitals in 2012 and as a result their report,  'Review of Privacy, Dignity and Nutriti...
Monday, 18 March 2013

Britain is no longer a country for and says "Goodbye" to an old tv production designer and father of the Daleks in 'Doctor Who', called Ray Cusick

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Ray Cusick, tv production designer, who was asked in 1963 to create an alien race for new kids' science fiction series, ' Doctor...
Friday, 15 March 2013

Britain is a country whose lonely old men in England have a champion in their new public health chief, Duncan Selbie

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Duncan Selbie as Chief Executive is attempting to help bring about a sea change in public healthcare and is touring the country, forging r...
Thursday, 14 March 2013

Britain is still a country for and says " Happy 80th Birthday" to an old London cockney actor called Sir Michael Caine

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Michael Caine, who has appeared in over 100 films, is 80 today. What you possibly didn't know about Michael, that he : * was born ...
Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Britain is a country in the grip of an epidemic of lonely old men

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An article in 'The Daily Mail' yesterday was entitled : Old Age Pensioners 'spend 100 days a year 'on their own' as...
Monday, 11 March 2013

Britain is still a country for and says "Happy Birthday" to an old comic book sports artist, creator of 'Roy of the Rovers', called Paul Trevillion

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Paul, who has been illustrating comic books for fifty years, is 79 years old today. Things you possibly didn't know about Paul, that...
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...............................JohnBoy
70+ post-Second World War baby-boomer looking for and finding some surprising answers to the question : "Is Britain no country for Old Men ?"
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