Oh! my, I do not wish to depress lots of our friends but I have just realised we have slipped into our "Fleetwood" era without even realising. Fleetwood era you say "what' s that". When I was much younger and running a branch library in Bolton, one of my colleagues had an aunt who retired to Fleetwood, and joined all the other wrinklies who retired there. If you were rich you retired to Southport and enjoyed the good life at the coast. Nobody we knew ever retired to Blackpool, well you would not, would you? I remember laughing about the life, it seemed so far removed from the life I was living as the windsurfing, sailing goddess, that I was at that time.
Well now, it may be the SW of France where we live ( times change ) but however you look at it, we are the wrinklies enjoying retirement. Who knows how long any of us have but one thing I do know is enjoy every moment, cuddle any dog, cat, donkey,husband or wife you can get your hands on ( your own preferable ) enjoy your grandchildren and enjoy your life however restricted it is by health in comparison to previous years.
A few years earlier from our roots in the North East of England, retirees would move to the Yorkshire dales and the Lake District
Us chaps are from t'North by the way !
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