Grandma and Grandpa

Grannies and Grandads across Great Britain have proved there’s more to retirement than just knitting scarves, watching Countdown and pottering around in sheds.

Yes, according to new research from banking giant Alliance & Leicester, many “silver surfers,” as they’re now known, rely on the internet to help organise different areas of their lives, from their finances through to their love lives.

These days, more than half of men and women over 50 use the net to manage their finances, two fifths book their holidays online, and one in five regularly log on to social networking websites such as Facebook and Friends Reunited.

It seems the days of having to explain to our elders that a floppy disc is actually hard, a keyboard is not just a musical instrument and not all mice are vermin, are long gone.

Proving that they’re just as tech-savvy as the PlayStation generation years younger than them, the over 50s are also the age group most likely to be aware of online security and fraud.

Well done Grandma and Grandpa, I love you!