Interview with an Old Person

The assignment was actually called this, however harsh I feel it may sound. It certainly wasn't the easiest way to start an interview by saying what we had to do. Instead, the line "I need to interview as many members of the public of all ages in a day" worked a treat!
Limited to 250 words. The last name has been taken out to respect John's privacy...

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John, now 84, underwent critical yet successful surgery on a squint in his eye in 1933.
Since that day 76 years ago, he feels he is “more or less cured”. Although he wears a pair of bifocals, his vision could be dramatically worse, with potential blindness once a possibility for the man.

The operation was carried out in his then-hometown of Maidstone, Kent, and helped cure 6-year old John's eye problems early on in his childhood. Before the operation, John's squint wasn’t life-threatening, however doctors had warned John that the squint could turn into an infection without sufficient warning. If he didn’t treat his squint as soon as he did, the damage he would do to his eyes could have resulted in blurred vision or, worst case scenario, loss of vision.

John, now a Bournemouth resident, had three sisters - Peggy, Molly and Laura - and one brother. Although his brother passed away in the past decade, his three sisters are all healthy beings well into their 80s, and are all retired residents. John lives with his childhood sweetheart Ruth in suburban Bournemouth, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary three years ago. John used to work in a production factory before his former company collapsed. John's father served on the frontlines in the Second World War for two months in the early 1940s, but was forced to return earlier than expected due to a gunshot wound in his shoulder preventing him from further action