gerry Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I am doing some research on single over 50s and was wondering if anyone could let me know in this area if there is any regular meeting drinks or dinner for this age group. I would appreciate anyone replying, any age group, or experience. Please PM me with your responses if that's easier for you. Many thanks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 None. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590371 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Speaking as someone who is in his 50s I'd run a sub four minute mile in the other direction of any such "meeting, drinks or dinner for this age group." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 The British Legion. But grab a poppy first Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590422 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamrye Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 As an incredibly youthful 50 year old I find most pubs/bars round here are fairly age tolerant....after all, young people can't afford to live here! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassius Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Over 50's covers an awful lot of bases. People just into their 50's who probably are still the same as they were in their 40's (albeit with a good party behind them instead of in front of them), up to much much older. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 the term 'age tolerant' makes me squirm, a bit like sexuality 'tolerant' or 'ethnically tolerant'. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Im age intolerant contenders must be over 21 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabricio the Guido Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 They meet mostly on the graveyard shift.. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggers Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 lets face it, nobody thinks theyre fifty till theyre seventy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burbage Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 There's a bingo hall at the Elephant. And they do tea dances at the Blackheath Halls. But I can't think of anything nearer. That's not to say the seniors don't get out for a natter once in a while, but the Post Office does neither drinks nor dinners. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidKruger Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 gerry there's someone who about 3 weeks ago started a thread to get local folks together i think it was all ages and they seem to have had a good crack, check the 'whats on' section its there somewhere good luck. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerry Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Thanks everyone. Has anyone used online dating, supper clubs, theme weekends or meeting through friends? This is research for a paper I am writing so your responses are very helpful, especially your own experiences. Please PM me if you wish. Many thanks for your time. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 gerry Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I am doing some research on single over 50s and> was wondering if anyone could let me know in this> area if there is any regular meeting drinks or> dinner for this age group. I would appreciate> anyone replying, any age group, or experience.> Please PM me with your responses if that's easier> for you. Many thanks.xxxxDo people suddenly become so different on their fiftieth birthday that they feel the need to stop doing the things they used to do and suddenly start mixing only with other people who have also reached their fiftieth birthday?I thought this sort of thinking had stopped years ago - how very sad to find that it hasn't.We are all individuals with all sorts of different interests - why define us by our ages?I'm in my sixties, and I'd run a mile if I thought I was going anywhere where anybody under 50 was excluded.No wonder people still feel the need to lie about their age, grrrrrr.Now I'll go back to my crochet and jam making - oh, I forgot, the younger generation are into those now, aren't they, better find something more suited to my mature years. Not.Oh yeh, and I met my (younger) partner at the party of a mutual friend half my age. Good thing I didn't pass up the party to go to an over-fifties supper club :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 You get lots of "Are there any singles on here" Threads then you discover they have a very prescriptive age range - 25-35 etc. Gave up ages ago! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laddy Muck Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Do people suddenly become so different on their> fiftieth birthday that they feel the need to stop> doing the things they used to do and suddenly> start mixing only with other people who have also> reached their fiftieth birthday?> > I thought this sort of thinking had stopped years> ago - how very sad to find that it hasn't.> > We are all individuals with all sorts of different> interests - why define us by our ages?> > I'm in my sixties, and I'd run a mile if I thought> I was going anywhere where anybody under 50 was> excluded...> > Now I'll go back to my crochet and jam making -> oh, I forgot, the younger generation are into> those now, aren't they, better find something more> suited to my mature years. Not.Well said, Sue.---------------AND THE OVER FIFTIES GO MARCHING ON ON ON! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Laddy Muck Wrote:> ---------------> AND THE OVER FIFTIES GO MARCHING ON ON ON!xxxxxxxx:)) :)) :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Time for a Lyric.. Old friends, old friends sat on their parkbench like bookends A newspaper blowin' through the grass Falls on the round toes of the high shoes of the old friends Old friends, winter companions, the old men Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun The sounds of the city sifting through trees Settles like dust on the shoulders of the old friends Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a parkbench quietly How terribly strange to be seventy20 years to go..or what about.. It was 65 years ago today, Seargent Pepper taught the band to play..(it was 20 years ago in 1967)Fox. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 DulwichFox Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Time for a Lyric..> > Old friends, old friends sat on their parkbench> like bookends > A newspaper blowin' through the grass > Falls on the round toes of the high shoes of the> old friends > > Old friends, winter companions, the old men > Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun > The sounds of the city sifting through trees > Settles like dust on the shoulders of the old> friends > > Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a> parkbench quietly > How terribly strange to be seventy> > 20 years to go..> or what about.. It was 65 years ago today,> Seargent Pepper taught the band to play..(it was> 20 years ago in 1967)> > Fox.Foxie, have you been taking something you shouldn't?:)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Sue Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> DulwichFox Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Time for a Lyric..> > > > Old friends, old friends sat on their> parkbench> > like bookends > > A newspaper blowin' through the grass > > Falls on the round toes of the high shoes of> the> > old friends > > > > Old friends, winter companions, the old men > > Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sun > > The sounds of the city sifting through trees > > Settles like dust on the shoulders of the old> > friends > > > > Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a> > parkbench quietly > > How terribly strange to be seventy> > > > 20 years to go..> > or what about.. It was 65 years ago today,> > Seargent Pepper taught the band to play..(it> was> > 20 years ago in 1967)> > > > Fox.> > > Foxie, have you been taking something you> shouldn't?> > :))Ok.. The Truth is... All the over 50's go to 'The Castle'.. :)Except Me.Fox. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Ok see you there. Where is it Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Anywhere in Camden/ Kentish Town where there are live heavy metal bands- preferably Death metal- and preferably free gigs (saving up for the pension don't you know) until the festival season starts- then its Helfest(Clisson), Wacken (Germany) and Bloodstock (Catton Hall). You can watch the likes of Motorhead and Saxon whose members are older than you but they can still put on a 2 hour set around midnight. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 50 is the new 30. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-590932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 'old friends - bookends' so says paul simon xx world peace and love to everyone xxxxxxxxxxxxx Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-591102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJTH Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 As someone approaching 50, the thought of just mixing and associating with any single age group turns me cold. My wide group of friends, ie those with whom I have regular face to face and online contact, spans 20s to early 80s. God help me if I ever only socialised with my own age group; have never done that before and have no intention of starting at 50!!!!! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/26605-over-50swhere-do-people-meet/#findComment-591159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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