Should the retirement age be raised to 75?

I FEEL sad that a reader is so bored after a year of retirement that he is returning to work and intends to continue until he is 75, drops or is too decrepit to contribute (Letters). I don’t regret retiring at 65. Not only did I make way for someone younger to earn a living, but I am able to go on impromptu trips in my caravan and volunteer at a steam railway. There’s more to life than work.

TONY BROWN, Tegryn, Pembs. WELL done to the retired gentleman who has decided to go back to work. It may be good for him, but would he feel the same if he had a job where he was on his feet all day, his ideas were belittled and initiative was banned? For some it is not the work they do, but their pursuits away from it, that stretches the mind and body. If Iain duncan Smith, who has called for the retirement age to be raised to 75, worked in an Amazon warehouse, I’d like to see how soon he would want to retire.

TONY THOMPSON, Banbury, Oxon.

NO ONE to help out with caring for grandchildren, which lets parents work and contribute taxes to the Government coffers. No one to look after elderly relatives, thus saving the cost of providing care. No one to volunteer in hospitals or carry out charity work. Youngsters unable to get on the first rung of the career ladder. This would be the picture if the retirement age was raised to 75. K. CARTWRIGHT, Redditch, Worcs.

WORKING until 75 is OK for someone tapping computer keys, but would they like being a brickie, scaffolder, hod carrier or AA man in winter? I was an HGV fitter, and by the age of 55 my body told me I was too old to keep working.

BRODERIC THORPE, Leigh, Lancs.

OF COURSE you would be bored if you spent your retirement golfing and fishing. I had a 45-year career in a job I loved, but retirement has given me the chance to do more. There are lots of charities that need help, where work skills can be put to good use. I give something back to the community by serving as a school governor. I enjoy retirement every bit as much as I loved my career. LINDA JOHNSON, Norwich.