Elder Report: My Grandma

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Phyllis Burch, an active eighty-six year old women living in Worthing, England does amazing things with the life she has left. She goes to my cousins’ weddings, walks around London with my dad when he goes back to visit. I could not speak to her as she cannot hear as well as she used to. Therefore setting up an interview wasn’t too difficult, as all I had to do was write a friendly letter to my aunt. I couldn’t Skype her because she has had trouble hearing me previously. I would also get far better answers if I emailed my aunt who lives with her. My grandma is doing amazing for her age, having lived through the war. She doesn’t walk with a cane and is comfortable baking at her house and doing laundry. My aunt and uncle who also live with her help her around and they go on hikes through large parks. Grandma is enjoying her life right now as her granddaughter has just had a baby her great grandson. Phyllis Burch, my grandma grew up on the South Coast of England in a village called Lancing. Life as a child before the war was the most important part of her life as she lived it to the fullest. There were very few cars and buses on the road so there was never an issue of being hit by one. Everything was walking distance from her house. The park was a five-minute walk from her house, she spend hours on end there with her school friends. Schooling was disrupted for her because of World War II. Children from London were evacuated to her village to escape the bombing from the German planes. The scholars had lessons in the halls around the village throughout the freezing cold winter. School returned to normal once the disruptive London children had left. Changes because of the war: There were many changes because of World War II and alm... ... middle of paper ... ...nd we talk about what life was like for Phillis. And a lot has changed with food markets and shops especially during the war. The things we take for granted in the modern world my grandma and her peers would never dreamed about. For instance driving, when I have to go out and buy something or go to a friend’s house I simply ask my mom to drive me and I am there in minutes. Where as in the 1920s to the 40s it wasn’t like that because not many people drove on the roads in England. Making it safer for you to walk to a buddy’s house but not as efficient as a car would have been. While contrasting my grandma’s history I learned there were so many differences and not as many similarities. I wonder what technology will be in sixty years time. I cant dream of something we don’t have right now that could change the world dramatically except space travel for the public.

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