What age did you retire?

58, without pay or pension.

I said earlier that I retired before my 60th , what I didn’t say was that I retuned to work full time at 50 ! It was supposed to be a year of Maternity cover , but she never came back , the job was advertised and I applied and got it , but by 60 I couldn’t cope , the younger colleagues were wonderful and I got on great with them , I did miss the interaction with young people when I retired

55 I took early retirement from my senior management teaching post. I have never regretted it.

59. I was self-employed and could have continued, but I had always wanted to 'beat the system's by retiring before 60. For a number of years I paid lots into private pensions so that I was able to retire in comfort.
I love being retired!

I retired at 70 having gradually reduced my hours to two days per week. My husband did the same and it was exactly the right time for both of us. Despite being in my last job for 30 years I don’t miss it at all,

Early retirement on health grounds at 59 years and 10 months, 6 years and 3 years ago. Have finally qualified for State Pension this year. Just. But not all of it, for some reason.

Throughly enjoyed my job. Thoroughly enjoying my retirement.

I retired from my p/t job at 56. DH had taken early retirement/redundancy 3 years earlier and I confess I resented still getting up at 5 a.m. we fortunately didn't need the money and DH was all for me retiring. We were then able to be spontaneous regarding days out and holidays

60 and have loved every nano-second of it!

Still working - 68

...was due...!

63. There was a re-organisation at work, which would have meant rather longer hours, which I didn’t want to do, so I chose to take voluntary redundancy, with a small payoff.

Since dh was dh to retire a couple of months later, it suited me fine. I’d thought I might miss work, but TBH I never have.

I retired at 67. I worked part time for the last couple of years. I loved my job but I’m disabled and my health isn’t great. There comes a point when you’re ready to step back and slow down.

57. It's wonderful.

I was 62 my DH was 68 he ran our business for nearly fifty years. I worked with him for twenty three. The 'footfall' as we called it slowed down as people started shopping online. The high street wasn't the same and other businesses closed so that was our excuse to retire.

I retired at 50 and no regrets at all.

I am from the era when I got my state pension at 60. I left work at 61, but only because the hospital laboratory work I was doing was changing to a fully automated system which required re-training. I thought I would be bored at home, but haven't regretted retirement for a moment!

60, luckily. I did have one little summer job in a Victorian museum after that, just for fun. I've loved being retired.

I was 60 when I retired from my main job but went to a few different places as a consultant until I was 63. Love retirement and the freedom to travel and do what I want instead of someone else for a change.

I retired at 64 and have since loathed every minute of it.

65, which was when I wanted to retire, from a full-time teaching post. I enjoyed teaching, and I also enjoy retirement, but it was nice to know that I was missed.

I retired from teaching at 60 about a year after my husband was made redundant. We cared for my terminally ill brother for 7 months then after his death several of our elderly relatives needed support.
Grandchildren arrived 18 months later.
I started volunteering with the Forestry Commission, at a local museum and as a steward at a local stately home.
I have eased back a bit since I've reached the age of 70, plus
lockdown has had an impact but still do about 15 hours a week in the forest environment and hope to start my voluntary work at the museum again soon.

I retired in good health at 63 but in order to supplement my income I worked effortlessly with private clients whom I loved very much. These assignments took me to various parts of the uk. The job wasn’t demanding in the least but sadly, illness eventually caught up with me leaving me recovering from a horrible stroke I’ve very many fabulous memories of these private assignments and would do it all over again

63. I would have gone on for longer but circumstances were making work frustrating.
Thoroughly enjoying retirement, though.

I gradually reduced hours and worked in a profession that I found fulfilling until I was 69. Sometimes I miss it, often not.

Interesting thread, I will retire next month, so good to hear of positive experiences, I am 66