{"id":3095,"date":"2024-05-23T00:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2024-05-23T01:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T01:44:37","slug":"neighbours-actor-ian-smith-is-looking-at-retirement-villages-or-at-least-his-character-harold-bishop-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/neighbours-actor-ian-smith-is-looking-at-retirement-villages-or-at-least-his-character-harold-bishop-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours&#8217; actor Ian Smith is looking at retirement villages \u2013 or at least his character Harold Bishop is"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3095\" class=\"elementor elementor-3095\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16cebde elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16cebde\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-407645b\" data-id=\"407645b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4eaad0 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4eaad0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A<strong>t the age of 85, Ian Smith has been checking out retirement villages.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s sort of like moving into God\u2019s waiting room, isn\u2019t it?\u201d he tells TV WEEK. \u201cYour last move.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cI searched around and they were all full of old people and I\u2019m a young person!\u201d<\/p><p>Ian has returned as Harold Bishop in Neighbours. Unlike Ian, Harold has found a retirement village he wants to move into. It is Eirini Rising and managed by Terese (Rebekah Elmaloglou).<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s rather pertinent to me,\u201d Ian says. \u201cIt\u2019s very much my interest at the moment.\u201d<\/p><p>The veteran actor has been playing Harold on and off since 1987. He says he puts on the character \u201clike an old cardigan\u201d.<\/p><p>\u201cI love the old bugger! I do look forward to coming back into the show because the kids keep me young.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ba93cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ba93cd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27bdd1d\" data-id=\"27bdd1d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cfc8bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cfc8bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3097\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-1-585x328.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31c1ae6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31c1ae6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab0b3c0\" data-id=\"ab0b3c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e854668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e854668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He admits that learning scripts is harder for him than it used to be.<\/p><p>\u201cMy memory is really suffering. I\u2019ve never forgotten where I live, but I have been in my car and suddenly forgotten how to get to a place.\u201d<\/p><p>Ian likes to keep himself busy by going fly fishing, taking walks in the bush with his metal detector and riding his e-bike on dirt roads. He doesn\u2019t tend to go by himself any more.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019m a little unsteady on my feet and I don\u2019t feel safe going fly fishing on my own because if I stumble and fall, they might find my body half a kilometre downstream,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u201cI feel safer having somebody with me. But I don\u2019t want to tell them that\u2019s the reason I want them with me, I want them to think that I just love them to death. 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