Mitch young articles

  • I’m too young to be eighty-four!

    Here is a message I received from one of my grandkids this week. “Hey JB, it’s your birthday, and you just turned 84, I know you will live for many, many more.” I sure hope I do. I understand that I’m getting a bit older and that I cannot ignore life’s ending. But I’m not going to sit around like some Shakespeare character thinking about death. I would hope it is much more productive for me to make the most of my current state in life. Play the cards we are dealt. Then anticipate a lingering...

  • I'm 98 and doing my job keeps me young'

    Britain’s oldest worker has no plans to retire at the age of 98 and says his job “keeps me young”. Ivor Ward still clocks on four days a week as a production operative at health company EM Pharma. He started work at the firm when he was 80 following a career which included jobs in the army and being a professional poker player. Ivor retired when he was 79 but only managed one day before he got "so bored" he went job-hunting and joined EM Pharma. The sprightly pensioner, who celebrated his 98th...

  • I'm 98 and doing my job keeps me young'

    Britain’s oldest worker has no plans to retire at the age of 98 and says his job “keeps me young”. Ivor Ward still clocks on four days a week as a production operative at health company EM Pharma. He started work at the firm when he was 80 following a career which included jobs in the army and being a professional poker player. Ivor retired when he was 79 but only managed one day before he got "so bored" he went job-hunting and joined EM Pharma. The sprightly pensioner, who celebrated his 98th...