Richard Oldfield went from looking after a bank to looking after two toddlers – and he’s shattered
My wife used to persuade me, when I was applying for a passport, to put ‘Fruit farmer’ rather than ‘Investment manager’ in the space for ‘Occupation’, though I was nothing of the sort. She didn’t like the flavour of ‘Investment manager’. Next time I renew, I can with a clear conscience put ‘Working grandfather’ in there. And golly, it sure is work. I am delighted to see that Liz Truss is thinking of shelling out a modest fee to child-caring grandparents. Young mothers who look after children are far too busy to write articles about what hard work it is, and when they get older, they forget. So the subject doesn’t get as much airing as it deserves. But circumstances have plunged me into the job. It’s only part-time, because there is a partnership between me and the other grandparents – who do more than I do. The other grandfather...
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