state pension age 70

Doon frae Troon said:
I'm learning quite a bit from this thread, I would imagine others are as well.
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Yeah maybe its gone on a bit now , I paid 15% and the company in nearly double , All this you have to work to 70 thing is not correct , again its your choice , I took my pension and lump sum at 54 , many said , ooh you lose a lot , best go at 60 , 62 , or 65 , all I say to that is you could be dead at 59 , only you know when its right for you to retire , get a part time job , its down to you and if you plan it right early enough then its its easy , I be going back to work again next year but part time with another company and its 80 hours a month which I could do in the 1st week then that's it till next month , the choice is mine if I work any more , I do 5 more years I think then that's it with another pension and lump sump , the choice is always yours , I wanted my lump sum now to do what I want now not at 65 and with so many rule changes to pensions I am glad I did , that my last say on this .............EYG
 
As I said on the £££ pension thread, IMO if you have had a busy/physical job one of the worst things you can do is suddenly stop work.
I retired as a LGO aged 55 with a decent pension. I worked for another 3 years full time then part time in various no pressure jobs that I really enjoyed. Stopped all work when I was 63 and my wife got her pension.
Firemen/Police/Teachers etc have generally taken that route.
My daughter works for the Scottish National Trust and the biggest part of their staff in Ayrshire are retired former 'government ' staff.
 
As an aside to the cry of unfair from today's generation about the 'extra' years they will have to put in to the system.

I worked for two summers from the age of 13 then full time from the age of 15
In my first job I worked 6 day weeks at an average of 50 hours a week for £3 a week.
I have worked non stop for 50 years. No gap years, never unemployed, very seldom sick.

Todays youngsters will leave school aged 19 years.
Provided they do not go on to uni/college/further education once the have completed 50 years work they will be aged 69.
If they spend 4 years at uni they will be aged 73 on completion of 50 years work.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
As an aside to the cry of unfair from today's generation about the 'extra' years they will have to put in to the system.

I worked for two summers from the age of 13 then full time from the age of 15
In my first job I worked 6 day weeks at an average of 50 hours a week for £3 a week.
I have worked non stop for 50 years. No gap years, never unemployed, very seldom sick.

Todays youngsters will leave school aged 19 years.
Provided they do not go on to uni/college/further education once the have completed 50 years work they will be aged 69.
If they spend 4 years at uni they will be aged 73 on completion of 50 years work.
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You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.
 
Doon frae Troon said:
As an aside to the cry of unfair from today's generation about the 'extra' years they will have to put in to the system.

I worked for two summers from the age of 13 then full time from the age of 15
In my first job I worked 6 day weeks at an average of 50 hours a week for £3 a week.
I have worked non stop for 50 years. No gap years, never unemployed, very seldom sick.

Todays youngsters will leave school aged 19 years.
Provided they do not go on to uni/college/further education once the have completed 50 years work they will be aged 69.
If they spend 4 years at uni they will be aged 73 on completion of 50 years work.
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Except the ones that leave at 16 of course
 
Despite what call me Dave may believe raising the pension age will not be the cure all for this countries financial woes....

Judging by this thread though... He is managing the divide and rule bit quite well...
 
CMAC said:
You were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.
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Luxury!
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.

Look at us now Eh! Fireman with Landscape gardening jobs. If you told them today they wouldnt believe you :)
 
SocketRocket said:
Luxury!
I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill, and pay mill owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our Dad and our mother would kill us and dance about on our graves singing Hallelujah.

Look at us now Eh! Fireman with Landscape gardening jobs. If you told them today they wouldnt believe you :)
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Laugh if you like.
Some of us had to struggle like mad to make our way.

I had my first holiday aged 28.
I know times change and I had a much easier life than my father.
He was still in charge of 30 staff and 3 golf courses at the age of 67.
He only enjoyed 2 years retirement after a life of toil. [and a tough WW2]
 
Doon frae Troon said:
Laugh if you like.
Some of us had to struggle like mad to make our way.

I had my first holiday aged 28.
I know times change and I had a much easier life than my father.
He was still in charge of 30 staff and 3 golf courses at the age of 67.
He only enjoyed 2 years retirement after a life of toil. [and a tough WW2]
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Sense of humour bypass EH! I could tell you a few things about tough times Trooney but unlike you I don't have the need to wear my heart on my sleeve.
 
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