30/03/2026
Meet Douglas, our incredible eldest service user at 96! 🎉
A true self-confessed “bookworm,” Douglas spent his career as a sports journalist at The Times in Fleet Street, London. He finds Virginia Woolf’s writing both inspiring and, as he says, “hypnotising when I get lost in her world.” 📚✨
Douglas also has a love for poetry, but his passions don’t stop there… he’s equally devoted to his beautiful wine fire-candy Corvette, “The Countess,” with whom he’s won numerous sports car show awards! 💚🚗 He's also had some kind words for our team, describing GoodOaks staff as "friendly, understanding, convivial...they are therapy in themselves".
We’re so lucky to have Douglas in our community – a man with a love for literature, poetry, and classic cars!