Geoff and Margaret

@RetirementTales

Retired teachers.

Responded to The Call in 2022.

Purveyors of Hope. An allegory.

#bemoremargaret

Everything you imagine us to be.

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Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales May 31

The bulb in the overhead projector has blown.

The Banda copier is out of ink.

The big TV is playing up.

The Coomber has gone off to be repaired.

And now it's time for us to go too.

Thank you for your company. It's meant more than you'll ever know.
God bless you all.

G&M
❤️

Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales May 31

Once, there was a man.
An ordinary man.

The man had been a teacher for most of his life.

When the time came to leave the career he loved, he had found it hard to adjust.

One day, most unexpectedly, the world gave that man a new way to make a difference.

And he felt blessed.

Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales May 31

When there was a Citroën 2CV in every school car park...

Geoff&MargaretToo @RetirementTale5 Jan 11, 2023

In the 1970s and 1980s, it was compulsory for all schools to employ at least one teacher who drove a Citroën 2CV.

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Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales May 31

Going home for lunch...
(It's seems like the stuff of folklore now.)

Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales Feb 6, 2024

Do you remember when it was quite normal for children to go home from school for their lunch? (Some teachers would go home too!)

A short walk or bike ride, lunch with a parent or two and maybe even a bit of TV before the afternoon session.

I think the respite was very healthy.

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Geoff and Margaret @RetirementTales May 31

Alas, today marks the end of our Retirement Tales.

It's a wrench, saying goodbye, but the time is right to step away from social media.

Before Margaret and I sign off, we'll be reposting some of our favourite threads from the last few years. We hope these will raise a smile...