Nine-year-old Caitlin Gowland loves spending time with her granddadFrank. "He's got more time to play with me; my mum and dad are alwaysworking and doing things," she says.
Chess and board games are their usual pastimes, so Caitlin was surprisedwhen her golf-mad grandfather turned up at school armed with a set ofclubs and a rule book. Frank, 68, was one of a group involved in AgeConcern Durham County's intergenerational project to encouragepensioners and children to learn and play golf together. "It was a bitstrange having him there at first, but it was really good fun and myfriends thought it was cool," Caitlin admits.
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