My great great grandfather Benjamin Alfred Smart LATTER (1834-1903) was mentioned in newspapers many times. This is the only time that I have seen him called “elderly”. The fact that he was lifting a wagon out of the mud when injured makes this description rather surprising.
I’m not elderly and I’m way past 55!
Me too, Jill. I doubt whether there is such a thing as a generally accepted age to consider oneself elderly anymore. Obviously attitudes, like lifespans, were very different in the past!