New and Old
Regular readers might remember that a few months ago I’d entitled a piece ‘Old and New’; words that referred to the engines of two cars, one powered by the old fossil fuel, the other by new ‘clean’ el ...
SLIDER
Are you claiming your full married couple’s allowance?
The Conservative Government announced last year an extra allowance for married couples enabling them to share unused person allowances. This could be particularly beneficial to retired couples where o ...
Ballot box-room
A couple have transformed the hall in their four-bedroom home into Britain’s smallest polling station. June, 70, and Graham Thomas, 74, have hosted general and local election voting in Winwick, ...
Garden flat
A green-fingered pensioner living in a block of ex-council flats in a city suburb has transformed his weed-filled front garden – into a spectacular riot of colour. Ray Foley, 79, started tidying ...