{"id":1373,"date":"2018-12-16T12:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T12:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2018-12-16T12:29:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T12:29:13","slug":"lets-hear-it-for-harry-and-audrey-stan-and-tony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elainespires.co.uk\/journal\/2018\/12\/lets-hear-it-for-harry-and-audrey-stan-and-tony\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Hear It For Harry – and Audrey, Stan and Tony!"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a time when Pensioners are fast becoming the nation\u2019s scapegoats it was encouraging to see 71-year-old Harry Rednapp voted King of the Jungle on I\u2019m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. \u00a0I have to say I like Harry even though he did morph into Miserable Old Git for a while during the run. \u00a0He\u2019s a good old East London Boy! \u00a0I did wonder, though, how Sandra had put up with him for so long! \u00a0They met in The Two Puddings in Stratford in 1964 and married in St Margaret\u2019s Church Barking in the summer of 1967. \u00a0Many have waxed lyrical about their romance and the longevity of their union. \u00a0Not me, though. \u00a0Apparently she\u2019s spent the last fifty-one years running around after him – when he wasn\u2019t running her over, that is! \u00a0He says she does everything for him and that he has few friends as she\u2019s the only person he wants to be with. \u00a0While that might sound wonderful it would have me running a mile!<\/p>\n

And before you write in and call me cynical – I just want to point out that we\u2019re all different. \u00a0Marriage isn\u2019t for everyone and neither is the claustrophobia of such a close relationship. \u00a0But that aside, I was genuinely happy for him and to see him crowned the winner.<\/p>\n

Over on Twitter – what an awful place! – Pensioners are being scapegoated by idiots like Owen Jones for every ill that may befall the country. \u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0living too long, a drain on NHS, a drain on Social Services, – or, if they decide to continue working, taking jobs from young people. \u00a0Re Brexit, they didn\u2019t know what they were voting for, ignorant, xenophobic, racist, selfish etc etc. \u00a0I am sick of pointing out that not all Baby Boomers live on fat pensions in \u00a3800,000 houses. \u00a0Many of us are living hand-to-mouth; many of us continue working because we can\u2019t afford to retire.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I had a lovely time with some of my very large family. \u00a0It was especially good to see three wonderful people – Auntie Audrey (88), Uncle Stan(90) and Uncle Tony (84).<\/p>\n

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Auntie Audrey, Uncle Stan and Uncle tony.<\/p><\/div>\n

They all live independently and certainly aren\u2019t a drain on NHS or Social Services. \u00a0They worked and contributed all their lives and between them had eleven children who have also done the same. They still have so much to offer everyone around them, not least of all the younger generations, with their wisdom, experience and they are the glue that holds our huge family together.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s continue to celebrate people like them and Harry Redknapp and stop scapegoating Pensioners!!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had some more good news about Only the Lonely. \u00a0It was filmed in Walthamstow and therefore was a natural choice for inclusion in Into the Forest, Waltham Forest\u2019s launch event for their Year of Culture. \u00a0We are so excited to be a part of this! \u00a0Into the Forest will be held in the grounds of the William Morris House, Walthamstow, 11-13th January at 7pm. \u00a0For those who have been asking when and where they can see the film, well now you know! Two PuddingsI really hope to see you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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