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Pensioner places heartbreaking newspaper advert to avoid spending 10th Chrismas alone
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Retired butler James Gray was overwhelmed by the response after he placed a newspaper ad hoping to end a decade of lonely Christmases
A pensioner placed a heartbreaking advert in a newspaper in a bid to end a decade of spending Christmas Day alone.
James Gray, an 85-year-old retired butler, has no immediate family and usually has a lonely lunch on his own in his London Flat.
He told the Irish Post the last time he saw anyone on Christmas Day was "when I saw my accountant about 10 years ago."
But a few weeks ago he hatched a desperate plan to end his decade of festive loneliness, planning a Christmas lunch at a local hotel and placing an advert inviting pensioners to join him.
"Pensioners group in the Sutton area will be celebrating Christmas Day together with a lovely Christmas lunch at The Holiday Inn Hotel, Sutton," it said.
"For more information please call James on xxxx. Come join us!"
But James was left downhearted when only one person replied - and that person soon pulled out saying they had decided to go somewhere else on December 25th.
But after the paper published details of his heartbreaking story, he was inundated with calls from people offering to have lunch with him over the holiday.
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Unless they contacted him for a quote or something?
Won't bother what? talking to anyone else?
Think they're saying the people who take him up on the offer won't bother the rest of the year.
with my family along with a few bouncers.
Why?
The Irish Post is specifically aimed at the Irish community in Britain. And the largest Irish community is in London.
No, there's a lot of Irish in London. Maybe he was asked by them or he is of Irish descent. We don't know.
I did wonder if he isn't 185 rather than 85 - that seems like such an old profession. Then again, Paul Burrell was a butler, wasn't he?.
Ohh, I understand now. I thought he meant the opposite, that he won't bother trying to find people to get to know for the rest of the year
Is that what you give as presents ?