27th March 2006, 05:53 PM
I have just read with horror
"If you are one of these people, with all due respect, join your local society and don't damage the prospects of the young people trying to get into the profession by taking their jobs."
Second careers after early retirement is a normal thing to do to top up the pension. Low stress fun jobs are the order of the day. I know of bank managers and lawyers who have become gardeners.
Conservation is seen as one such option. What we should be considered is why such unqualified people would be welcomed into field archaeology not their age.
Peter Wardle
"If you are one of these people, with all due respect, join your local society and don't damage the prospects of the young people trying to get into the profession by taking their jobs."
Second careers after early retirement is a normal thing to do to top up the pension. Low stress fun jobs are the order of the day. I know of bank managers and lawyers who have become gardeners.
Conservation is seen as one such option. What we should be considered is why such unqualified people would be welcomed into field archaeology not their age.
Peter Wardle