Widower, 86, eats lunch every day at nearby school to beat loneliness

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Harry Aldridge, Cyril Aggett and Olivia Parsons enjoy a school meal together at Coombe Dean Secondary School in Plymouth

Cyril’s wife Shirley died six years ago and he said the loneliness hit as soon as he closed the front door after her funeral.Cyril Aggett with his wife Shirley in Plymouth, Devon, 20 years ago ‘I get a cup of tea, my lunch and good service. Everybody talks to me, the office staff is brilliant. Cyril Aggett, 86, has lunch at a local secondary school every day with pupils after he lost his wife six years ago But he enjoys eating with the Coombe Dean dinner ladies, who also make him extra batches of sausage rolls, pasties and apple crumble for during the school holidays, so he can freeze them.Cyril Aggett with his wife Shirley, who died six years ago ‘It can be very lonely [living alone]. Once you go inside that door.

 

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