We have a lot to be thankful for as seniors: not least that so many restrictions have fallen awayFebruary again,so we have had the annual honouring of old age – that’s to say the Oldie magazine choosing its Oldie of the year, who this year is Olivia de Havilland. She is 99 which is old for an actress. It’s a cheerful reminder that those who are now aged once thought, and when they were young in the 60s,thatyouth was the only helpful time. Now they know these are helpful times to be old in…Really? How advance? Well, better chances of going on living – the world is full of cancer survivors (me included). Then there is the fact that oldies in Britain are well treated, or in the way of free radio and cards for transport. We may not be revered and respected just for being old,as seniors often were in times gone by, but we have a far better chance of going on working and getting out and approximately than the nailed-down family women of yore.
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Source: theguardian.com