My father used to tell me that when he was in school (1920s) he shook the hand of an old man who's father fought on the plains of Waterloo. But then I live in a house that was old when they discovered that van Dieman's Land is an island.
My Wife met both Ursula Vaughn-Williams and Maud Karpeles many times when she worked at Cecil Sharp House.
...and we're not drawing our pensions yet!