boxonthedocks.co.uk in the near future. The recordings and portraits have been taken in a safe way over lockdown, with entries still open for anyone with a tale to share.Heard co-founders Colette Burroughs-Rose and Caroline Dyer recognised how isolating this year has been for elderly people, so wanted to give them a chance to connect with others.One participant is Rosemary, a personal trainer, marathon-runner - and grandmother.At 70 years old, she admits that she used to find the idea of running 'mad', but was soon swept up in the fitness crazy of the mid-1980s.Rosemary had four children under the age of five when she went on her first run.She says: "I remember my first run very very clearly. "The twins were still breastfeeding so I came.
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