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A play for today
Thank you for highlighting the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign (Money News, October).
I have been performing in a play called Stung, which was written for The North Derbyshire WASPI group by Lynn Ludditt and directed by Carole Copeland. It follows the story of eight women born in the 1950s and has had rave reviews. We hope to take the play on tour next year, as it’s humorous and informative.
Hundreds of women born in the 1950s and affected by the changes in pension age still don’t know about WASPI groups. Even if you were not one of them, you can still show your support.
I never thought I’d perform in public in my late sixties. It just goes to show what strong feeling can do to a person.
Janet Goodrich, Dronfield, Derbyshire (North Derbyshire WASPI member)
The power of language
I am 91 and quite an active member of U3a. I spent a lot of wintertime in Spain over the past 30 years, and I learnt the language at 60 with private lessons, home study and staying in lodgings for two weeks in a village where only Spanish people lived. Reading is the key to progress. On return to England, I did an A-level course and completed the exam.
The knowledge you once had never leaves you. Even with simple O-level language skills, you can join a conversation class and it will slowly come back. I’m now a member of two groups meeting in each other’s homes and just chatting. They are, of course, younger than me. If you want to make friends and keep the brain ticking over, give it a try.
Marjorie Need, Nottingham
Speedy shopping
I feel I must write in support of self-service checkouts. I love them and would hate to have to go back to loading up a conveyor belt, waiting while all the barcodes on my purchases are scanned and then packing my shopping into bags to lift back into the trolley. I have used the ‘self-scan’ facility since it was introduced some years ago. I find this system easy, fast and pain-free. While I am aware it is not for ever yone, I am bemused by the complaints about it. It’s time for self-service supporters to speak up!
Alison Wood, Ashford, Kent
A final wish
Having read the letters in your November issue, I was angry that the people who rejected assisted dying thought more of themselves than of the patient.
Yes, the family has support, but is that the point? The point is the patient is either in constant pain or really does not wish to be there and does not want their family to remember them like this. I feel it is so selfish to make a patient suffer in this way because the relatives do not want to let them die.
Christine, Surrey
Listen up
