old person interview

Mr Paul Jeffries, 59, was brutally mauled by a bull terrier when he was just 5 years old.
Mr Jeffries, who formerly worked as a computer system designer for British Aerospace and Siemens, said he was “just doing a good deed” when he was taking some vegetables to next door’s garden to help them out.
Things all changed for Mr Jeffries when the 3 year old bull terrier came running from the neighbour’s house and started ripping at his arm.
An ambulance arrived on the scene not long after the incident, where Paul received numerous stitches to recover the damage.
He said he was “shocked and confused” about how the day’s traumatic events had unfolded.
Mr Jeffries, who grew up in Queensbury, near Wembley, now lives in Bournemouth, where he spends most of his time “reflecting on all the things he had in the past”, as redundancy resulted in him becoming homeless at the age of 52.
His biggest regret since becoming homeless, he said, is losing contact of his son, whom he loves dearly.
Paul still loves dogs after his traumatic experience, saying “the poor little thing didn’t know what he was doing; he probably thought I was a thief. I can’t blame him for attacking me”.
The attack happened as Mr Jeffries was taking carrots and potatoes to next door, the sort of deed which has almost become obsolete in today’s world.
However this terrible attack did not make him stop doing these generous activities for his neighbours.
Paul, who is divorced with one child, said: “Dogs are harmless really, they do things by instinct so sometimes people get hurt in the process”.