Blaire, Trixi

6/10/2009

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Trixi Blaire lives in Watford but she is originally from Hungary. She has been living in the UK since she was 10. Tells the story about the revolution and upheaval and the trauma of leaving Hungary, living in a refugee camp in Vienna and then coming to London as a refugee, experiencing religious and cultural conflicts and about her career in education and passion for ageism and believes there needs to be angry grey revolution and older people need to do things for themselves. On the plinth she will be giving a lecture on Ageism and things that need improving once people get to old age. She wants to raise awareness of ageism. Relucant to retire and is training to be an advisor with the Citiziens Advice Bureau.

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