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'Grey power'

Anne Crabtree, 74, from Bristol has served in the RAF and fire brigade, and now battles for pensioners' rights.

Her latest stunt saw her tying petition forms to helium balloons and leaving them at the office of her local MP in protest at the scrapping of pension books.

She said: "Pensioners used to sit at home and do nothing. Now, it�s called grey power."


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	'Grey power' Anne Crabtree, 74, from Bristol has served in the RAF and fire brigade, and now battles for pensioners' rights. Her latest stunt saw her tying petition forms to helium balloons and leaving them at the office of her local MP in protest at the scrapping of pension books. She said: "Pensioners used to sit at home and do nothing. Now, it�s called grey power."