Retirement? We'd Rather Keep Working ; for Many Workers the Future Is All About Retirement. But There Are Growing Numbers of Older Employees Who Would Much Rather Talk 'Returnment'. These Are the Men and Women Who Discover That Finally Taking It Easy After Years of Hard Work Leaves Them Bored and Unfulfilled, As Rupert Hall Reports.

South Wales Evening Post › January 19, 2011

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WHEN Linda Hayward retired, slowing things down seemed the next natural step.

But, in the past six months she and her 70-year-old husband Alan have never been busier.

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Retirement? We'd Rather Keep Working ; for Many Workers the Future Is All About Retirement. But There Are Growing Numbers of Older Employees Who Would Much Rather Talk 'Returnment'. These Are the Men and Women Who Discover That Finally Taking It Easy After Years of Hard Work Leaves Them Bored and Unfulfilled, As Rupert Hall Reports.

The couple, like a growing number of older people across the UK, have found a new lease of life by transforming a hobby into a successful business. They have just marked half a year of trading at their quilting shop in Mumbles.

They are not alone. According...

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