I’m 101. Here are five things I learnt from my 30-year retirement
January 14, 2025 by Lucy Andrews , Money reporter
For Marion Bloom the secret to a long retirement isn’t kale juice or playing pickleball, it’s hard work.
Now aged 101, Marion can still recall her first job at the newspaper France, which was published in London and written for French expats. She joined its advertising department in 1942, midway through the Second World War, on a salary of £5 a week.
“I was in Fleet Street in the midst of everything, all the bombing and the bustle,” she said. “When the doodlebugs came flying over London we had to take it in turns going on the roof of the office, and if we saw a white flag flying we would take shelter down in the basement.”
Read the full story via The Times
Wink’s Moore on the Market: She is 101 years old.
She has five suggestions for retirement:
– Use savings wisely;
– Adapt to the rising cost of living;
– Be prepared to change plans;
– Don’t forget the cost of care; and
– Leave your affairs in order.
Now, I know that this is an English article, but I found it still relevant.
Also- sounds like the annuities in the U.K. are income annuities, rather than deferred annuities.
I love this centenarian’s closing advice: “be interested in other people.” -sjm