The Government is planning to let people stay in work into their 70s.
It is an attempt to end age discrimination and keep the income tax coffers healthy.
Some welcome the move and will embrace the opportunity to stay active for longer.
But, if Whitehall needs case studies to prove it is a good idea, they should look to Oxford’s Peggy Barson.
Peggy has been working at the New Theatre in George Street for a staggering 70 years.
She began working there in 1940, when she was just 19.
On Saturday, she celebrates her 90th birthday and we send her our congratulations.
You would be hard pushed to find anyone in the city who has worked for so long at one place!
If you have – we would love to hear about it.
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