Golden Oldie Stand Up Fo Their Rights Es or S ; Today's Pensioners Are Refusing to Grow Old Gracefully. Thanks to a Combination of People Living Longer and Inadequate Pension Provision, a Quiet but Dramatic Revolution Is Taking Place As the Over-65s Will Not Go Quietly. Ian Robson Speaks to Three 'Golden Oldies' Who Are Living Life to the Full.

Evening Chronicle › May 08, 2009

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THEY could spend their time sitting in front of the tv watching life go by.

But that's not the way many of the North East's pensioners do things.

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Golden Oldie Stand Up Fo Their Rights Es or S ; Today's Pensioners Are Refusing to Grow Old Gracefully. Thanks to a Combination of People Living Longer and Inadequate Pension Provision, a Quiet but Dramatic Revolution Is Taking Place As the Over-65s Will Not Go Quietly. Ian Robson Speaks to Three 'Golden Oldies' Who Are Living Life to the Full.

Instead, an increasing number of golden oldies are finding a new lease of life in retirement.

And many are finding a political voice through the campaigning National Pensioners' Convention.

Members are readying for their annual meeting next month - called the Pensioners' Parliament - whe...

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