General Discussion
elderly population
My 13 year old grandson came to visit last year he is a really nice lad polite etc he lives in Yorkshire coming here by the sea is a real treat for him beach ect, he loves it but he could not believe how many elderly people there are here, is this one of the problems too many people retiring here and retirement homes. I found this site yesterday its great Dawlish should be proud that there are so many people who are interested in their town
Yes, the numbers of old people really hit me when I first moved here. Sometimes when I'm on the bus it looks like several old peoples homes have chucked them out for the day so many get on the bus at one time.
I agree that one of the reasons Dawlish doesn't have a lot of energy about it is because of this elderly population.
Still - old age greets all of us lucky enough to live long enough to find it
What I can't understand is why nearly every COFFIN DODGER in Britain has to retire to Dawlish. I know Dawlish is like Gods back garden but why do these old foggies feel the need to tend their makers garden before they pop off this mortal curl?
Agree we all want to wake up in the morning when we are 90 it was only an observation my gandson made and then I looked around and realised he was right Devon has the highest amount of residential homes in the country,
Suppose the people born here will sell their house and move away for fear they get old! If the families had not left the West Country in the first places the houses would not have been available for sale. Anyway I'm thinking of leaving!
Most of the elderly live in residentail homes, unless they were purpose built, houses were changed for the purpose, taking housing of the market.
H have nothing against the elderly almost one myself, its just we seem to havr more than a lot of places, suppose its a complement the elderly feel safe living here or is it that our council keeps on saying yes to more homes
Eastbourne and Worthing have quite an elderly population as well. I guess that lots of people choose to retire by the sea and who can blame them?
Is the amount of residential homes that is a concern if you look and percentages our elderly population is higher Worthing etc are much larger towns and have other employment to offer are also commeter towns you cannot compare Dawlish to these places
I wasn't really comparing Dawlish to other towns. I was merely trying to make the point that retiring by the sea is not a phenomenon restricted to Dawlish.
Agree well said. Why would an elderly perosn want to live in noisy London with all the rush and buzz let alone the unfriendliness.
I am not saying the elderly should live in noisy unfriendly citys, but we have more than our fair share
Come on! If you walk around the Lawns any day you get the impression the town is full of Oldies. But about 90% of them are delivered by Coach on day trips and trot straight into Baileys (local firm), some as far away as Manchester and many from Tours based around Torquay. Basically, we import the oldies, and they're very good for our local 'round the lawns' economy.
So will you leave Dawlish and set a trend when you get old then, where will you go to?
At the end of the day people dont seem to like youngsters or older people so there is no answer, one thing is sure we will all get old, so see yourself as you will be.
What about Dawlish out of season its still full of older folk the residential homes are full 52 weeks of the year
Brighton or Worthing sounds ok. Why don't Dawlish Coaches organise day trips there, drop off the old foggies and come straight back without them. Soon sort out the Dawlish Coffin Dodger Syndrome
To be precise - I originally referred to Eastbourne and Worthing as having elderly poplulations.
Brighton has a very young population - or so it seems - it has two universities. Be 30 and live there and you can feel old.
Nearly there.. Do you realise that one day you will be old? You will be on that coach and be dumped.
why are you treating the elderly as second class citizens? Most are British born and bred, have had hard lives with the two wars, etc. In fact they are much more interesting to talk to, and definitely much more polite than the usual breed of no-hopers that we constantly see in Dawlish. It's the no-hopers Dawlish could do without, including the drunks, druggies, teenage mums, slappers with a fag hanging out of their mouths, etc. Leave the elderly alone they are a nice bunch. (and no I am not one of them, but the town will be a worse and less polite place when they have gone.) Also don't forget the shops rely on them.
Here here! .. well said.
They forget they are going to get old .. well I have news for 'em, they will and I hope they will remember their unkind words when they do. It will sadly be a totally different elderly generation then based on todays antics.
Remember the Thatcherite 80s? All me, me, me. "No such thing as society" said the Lady.
Well now, I wonder if what we are hearing on this thread is from some of those who grew up in
Thatcher's time?
As re sow so shall ye reap.
Do you have parents living here? Or maybe grandparents. Are they to be included in your coffin dodgers dumping?
What you youngsters have to put up with,old codgers like me trundling up the pavement with our shopping trolly, getting our eye in the way of your elbow as you chatter non stop on the latest all singing all dancing mobile phone. We have to live a month on what they cost. Making the town look untidy as we stand in the freezing cold waiting for the bus,while the litter bins occupy the cosy bus shelter.
And then to have the cheek to produce a free bus pass,I don't know how you trendy young things put up with it.
I worked from the age of 15,brought up a family and retired at 67. I think I am entitled to spend my last few years walking along the beach,sitting on a bench on the lawn,even go for a bus ride,I don't think that
is too much to ask.
As a pensioner can say I have never been so well off, have no private pension but am doing okay dont have to pay council tax £200 heating allownace and free bus pass. I have my own home which is paid for if I was renting wouldnt have to pay rent.
The trouble with us older folk we think the world owes us something and a lot of my peers seem to have a real downer on the youth.
I went to work at 15 and to the pub was in most ways classed as an adult, maybe 15/16 years olds want to be respected and listened to.
the young are our future. Yes Dawlish does have a lot of oldies. Luckily most people I know are a lot younger than me and hopefully keep me young at heart