Life In The UK Is Lonelier Than Ever Before
THE research has been done and the BBC can confirm that “Life in UK ‘has become lonelier’”.
Researchers from the University of Sheffield had planned to speak with hundreds of people, but once they knocked on the door of widow Mrs Linda Hartle, and she answered, they felt unable to leave, staying for a spot of tea and to look through countless photo albums of life as it once was.
When Mrs Hartle began to cry and plead that it was too late for the researchers to go home, and what with the icy roads and hoodies too dangerous, they decided to stay a while longer…
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December 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm
yeah so do I - I wanna pick him up and take him home
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I feel for the poor dog out in the rian….
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
But the headline does
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Though the BBC story linked to has nothing to do with loneliness…
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:02 am
Please dont forget the elderly, lonely people at Christmas You can become a befriender all year round some peoples’ stories are so interesting