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Letter: On balance, life on two legs is complicated (3)

Published 21 October 2020

From Rupert Fawdry, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK

In 1947, as a boy aged 6 on a slow voyage in a tiny cargo boat, moving our home from Cyprus to Aden, I was taught to go down stairs “navy fashion”. Now a frail 80-year-old, as my balancing powers deteriorate, I would suggest that this advice significantly reduces my workload risk to the health service.

Issue no. 3305 published 24 October 2020

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