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Fading Voices

The voices of a choir fade as the voices of a generation fade. Nina Robinson travels to Wales to report on the ageing population of a small coastal town.

The ±«Óãtv World Service Assignment programme comes from a British seaside town, on the north Welsh coast popular with retirees.

Nina Robinson hears from the Trelawnyd male voice choir who have been singing together in the Village Hall as part of a tradition stretching back to the 1930's.

But with some members now well into their retirement years, she finds that they are reluctantly facing the prospect of having to give up the choir.

Sounds of celebration reverberate in the music of the choir, but the voices mask undertones of loss, grief and isolation.

Amid headlines of abuse in care homes and the spiralling costs of future care, the spirit of old people may sometimes be overlooked.

This programme explores what it means to be elderly in the UK.

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25 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Oct 2011 03:32GMT

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  • Thu 6 Oct 2011 08:05GMT
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  • Thu 6 Oct 2011 15:05GMT
  • Thu 6 Oct 2011 19:05GMT
  • Fri 7 Oct 2011 01:05GMT
  • Sat 8 Oct 2011 09:32GMT
  • Sun 9 Oct 2011 18:05GMT
  • Mon 10 Oct 2011 03:32GMT

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