We few, we happy few, we band of grannies;
For he (or she) to-day that stands and strikes with us
Shall be our friend; be they ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle their condition;
And other grannies in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their granhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us on this defining day.
Spot us TODAY picketing our way round three hospitals in the East of England during tomorrow's strike. Watch out at Peterborough General Hospital, at Addenbrookes in Cambridge and at Hinchingbrooke, we will be there. We are supporting the junior doctors whose voices need to be heard if we are to keep an NHS at all let alone a 7 day a week one. We just think that Jeremy Hunt has got it wrong and although we may look like quiet and gentle grandparents given to gardening and meditation, tomorrow we will be summoning up the blood and tightening the ancient sinews and marching to battle with Shakespeare's words (slightly altered to suit) ringing in our ears!
