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I’m retired and moving house? Fake news!

‘Gogglebox Duo could be on the Move.’

That was the headline of the story on page 30 of our local newspaper.

Chinese whispers were to blame for the erroneous report. Mary, in our new book about life in the country, speculated that non-drivers, like herself, would do better to move to London for their declining years.

This was on the grounds that most Britons would be more incentivised to visit an old friend who could offer a spare bedroom in London than to trek to see them in a

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