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Why this site? (click on heading)
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'forward with hope'
Use your VOTE (read more) - DON'T LOSE IT
GOVERNMENT for RICH (read more)
Black day for DEMOCRACY (read more) - final nail in the coffin
Why this site?
Created by Les Cooper, a resident of Cannock Chase (recognised area of outstanding beauty) from birth 3-September 1936. Throughout campaigning I have been accompanied and ably supported by Pat ('Trice) - the better half. Read about her later on this page - Pat
Having retired from fulltime employment in 1998, I spent a few months taking things easy and contemplating the future, before taking a part-time job as co-ordinator with The Mediation Service in Park Road, Cannock. This was an enlightening experience that focused on helping married couples and partners where situations had developed beyond reconciliation; welfare of children was a major factor. After 2 years I called it a day, and then at the age of 66 finally gave up my other past-time as semi-professional vocalist Lee Andrews.
With time on my hands reported news became more depressing, and I eventually decided to start having my say. In January 2003, having discovered the existence of the National Pensioners Convention, my wife (Pat) and I first joined Wolverhampton Branch and subsequently also became members of North Staffs Branch.
The state of Pensions is one of my main concerns, particularly for those having to endure the rigors of government's 'dolly mixtures' scheme that uses Means Testing as its main assessment tool for deciding which of us are entitled to larger crumbs of financial assistance.
Having been webmaster for Grey Wolves website (http://www.greywolves.co.uk/) since July 2004, I decided that Cannock needed to join the modern technology scene, where views can be expressed and information exchanged extremely quickly between groups of people using email. By contrast writing letters and receiving responses devours a lot of time, and phone conversations only normally involve two individuals.
So here we are - Cannock Seniors website http://www.cannockseniors.com/.
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Pat ('Trice) - The Better Half
This is a lady who, despite a series of ailments, has been and still is active on a number of fronts. Campaiging with me for a fairer deal for pensioners, member of the Cannock Partially Sighted group (she is registered partially sighted) and working as a volunteer with the Huntington Girls Brigade. She has worn well even though having to put up with me for 50 years could have taken its toll. During 2006 our celebrations resembled the aging, maturing lady - she was 70 in January (hip measurement), it was our Golden Wedding in August (50 years - around the waist) and I was '35' in September (bust size). In this life you need a sense of humour to fend off stress, depression and fall-out from politics.
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