The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Moved to the UK and Birmingham. Lived and worked there for 30+ years

Moved to Wales 20 years ago lived, worked and now retired although not officially.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

Traditional saturday morning lay in with the highly pleasant and much younger Mrs D. Muttley walked. Just catching my breath.

I should have been born in Shetland, as that's where my Dad was working as an engineer in the oil industry. However, when my Grandad was taken I'll we flew down to kent to visit him just outside Ramsgate, and being the awkward sod I am i popped into the world early. So by virtue of being born on the Isle of Thanet I'm a man of kent, but technically scottish by heritage and upbringing. It's all a bit confusing. On the other side I'm a Breton-Celt fro the SW of England and France. But it's ok, as I self identify as a christmas islander.

 

[Dirk]

Where were you born??
Which place/places have you lived for lengthy periods??
What took you to were you are now?

Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Moved to Hall Green, Birmingham in 1962.
Left home in 1977 to live with my girlfriend, later my wife, and moved to Stourbridge for 6 years.
Moved to several places around North Worcestershire over the next 22 years - Feckenham, Redditch, Astwood Bank.
Moved to North Devon in 2005 as a result of a career posting.
Retired in 2014.
Next year, I will have lived in this house longer than anywhere else in my life.
I would not rule out a move to rural Cornwall in the future.

 

[Dave7]

Born in Sudbury
Brought up in Kent
Came to Coventry in 1973, still here
Work

Motor industry related job ??

 

[screenman]

Born in Isleworth, lived very close to that area until we moved to Bardney Lincolnshire when i was 32, been here since which is a bit too long.

 

[screenman]

Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham.
Moved to Hall Green, Birmingham in 1962.
Left home in 1977 to live with my girlfriend, later my wife, and moved to Stourbridge for 6 years.
Moved to several places around North Worcestershire over the next 22 years.
Moved to North Devon in 2005 as a result of a career posting.
Retired in 2014.
Next year, I will have lived in this house longer than anywhere else in my life.
I would not rule out a move to rural Cornwall in the future.

Do you know Mr Khan?

 

[Dirk]

Do you know Mr Khan?

It was mainly Irish when I was there. Asians were just starting to move in when we left.

 

[Dave7]

I was born in Stepney, and lived in various places in the East end of London. Moved out to North London when I was 24, shacked up with the lovely Mrs GM, got married 5 years later. Been in current house for nearly 40 years, we might downsize one day.

So you were a proper 'geezer' then.
I realise "London" covers a BIG area but from where you live is it easy to pick up nice cycling routes ?
We keep threatening to downsize but the problem is that we both love this house

 

[welsh dragon]

Do you know Mr Khan?

Doesn't everyone?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Motor industry related job ??

Telecomunications, GEC, and general engineering, driving, labouring, stores, warehouse and forklifts,

 

[Dave7]

Moved to the UK and Birmingham. Lived and worked there for 30+ years

Moved to Wales 20 years ago lived, worked and now retired although not officially.

"Moved to the uk" ??? From whence?

 

[screenman]

I am also in the downsizing group, even now I shamefully admit we only use about half of this house.

 

[Dave7]

Telecomunications, GEC stores, and general engineering, driving, labouring, stores, warehouse and forklifts,

Was that in the days before someone decided you need a 3 year university degree before allowing you to drive a forklift

 

[welsh dragon]

"Moved to the uk" ??? From whence?

If I told you I'd have to kill you. MfI (pun intended)

 

[Dave7]

I am also in the downsizing group, even now I shamefully admit we only use about half of this house.

We have a large ex RAF officers house. Ours is the smallest design of perhaps 30 similar houses but even so eg our lounge is 18' x 15' . Then, some 20ish years ago we built a full self contained granny flat on for the M.i.L to live. Sadly she didn't last very long afterwards.
But at the moment, rather than move we pay a cleaner one day a week and a gardener every 2 weeks.