Come and help us at the 50+ show!

Ooh this sounds really fun! I've emailed you. Is anyone else going? Don't know if I want to be the only one there

It's a bit far to come from Northumberland - I haven't been to London since just before the Hatfield train crash. Good luck with recruiting, though.

I would have loved to go, but I'm working on Friday and Saturday is my grandaughter's 2nd birthday party.

I may be able to come on the Friday, we were going but it looks like it may be cancelled,I will find out. It sounds fun.

Typo should have said we were going away.

Am so sorry, trip is now on and won't be here after all. Would love to have done it.

Would have loved to come, but alas a little to far away from Lancashire just for the day! Have a great time though, and hope all goes well.

Are Virgin having a laugh, I just went on their website to see how much a train ticket to London would be on Friday re this thread... between £200 and £600 and that's not first class. That's got to be a joke?

I am sorry but i really hate the idea of a 50+ show. I have no desire to be singled out just because of my age and I very much doubt I would want to buy anything specifically aimed at older people. By only looking at products considered to be of interest to the over 50s the possibilities of all the products that are not aimed at the over 50s but might be of much more relevance/utility/interest are excluded. And try as they might events like this do end up being very patronising.

But flicketyb you joined gransnet?

Yes, but not all grans are over 50

No all grans are not over 50, that is not what I am saying, but granset is still aimed at a certain group of people and therefore could be presumed to exclude parts of the population... However we welcome anyone on gransnet, and I am sure the 50+ show would do the same.

I think there is a big difference between wanting to join this forum and having an interest in an event which is presumably about selling things to this "market segment" . See the thread about adverts we would/would not like to see here.
Just recalled that distant cousin of mine became a grandmother before she was 32.

I think I read once about a gran at 29 - wonder if she has joined us on gransnet?