St Aldhelms Court is situated in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, in the pretty coastal town of Swanage. Residents here enjoy the best of both retirement worlds - rolling countryside and sea views.

Click on the names below to listen to extracts from the interviews conducted by students from Purbeck School, Wareham, Dorset. The students participating in this project did so as part of their 'A' level Sociology course

The residents who participated are:

Betty Owen

Dr Christopher Hoad

Keith Thompson

Vera Wallace-Hadrill

John F Smith

Donald Walker

Joan Wolstenholme

Nora Hall