Monday 2 April 2007

Palm trees and pensioners in Torquay

After a lifetime of seeing politicians and governments come and go, pensioners find their worries have also changed. But what gets them stirred up, if anything?

Sign in Torquay
Torquay - palm trees and pensioners

With a pleasant climate and sea air, Torquay has attracted a lot of white-haired folk who want to enjoy part of the self-styled English Riviera.

The hotels, yachts and fish'n'chip shops on the waterfront show it to be a typical British seaside resort, with numerous residential care homes and retirement apartments dotted further inland.

To read the rest of this BBC story go here