Percy and Beverly Evans see their retirement dreams fade after losing their middle class jobs. The Fading Dream of Retirement: Hard Earned, Youtube 47.20, Endevr 2023
In the last 20 years, the number of Americans age 65 and older in the workforce has more than doubled. ibid.
Median rent for Americans has increased over the past 10 years. ibid.
80% of low-wage workers do not get a single paid sick day. ibid.
Wife in bed: What are you thinking?
Husband: The cellar will need clearing out. Play for Today: Sunset Across the Bay by Alan Bennett, BBC 1975
I’m not sorry to be retiring. Whittaker’s? Well I shall miss it a bit but not a right lot … The best time was when we was on war work … ibid. husband leaves factory
We’ve lived round here all our lives. Courting in the cemetery! ibid. wife
It’s like leaving a bloody battlefield. ibid. husband
That’s the trouble with flats: you never know who’s listening. ibid. wife
Anyhow, you can’t be branching out into yoghurt at our age. ibid.
I know this doesn’t smell very nice but we must keep the bugs at bay. The Bank Manager’s Wife by Valerie Kershaw, Dorie talks to plants, ITV 1983
My husband doesn’t like change. An active man. He’s retiring from the bank in November. ibid. Dorie talks to new neighbour
We’ll have to pull our horns in and get properly organised. ibid. George to Dorie
You’ve been outside in your slippers. ibid.
I’m peculiar, that’s a fact. Maybe I’m dead. ibid. Dorie to self