Norman is 92 and completely unflappable even in the face of COVID-19.

I think is a death sentence for me, but it's a minor detail.

Something has to be a death sentence for me.

Norman shares his home with George, a Syrian refugee in his 20s.

He's the anxious one.

The thing that makes me anxious more or more worried as well because if I get the disease and not knowing about it,

I might also carry it home to Norman as well which you know it

might be fatal. All across the country because of coronavirus we're all having to

re-evaluate how we interact with the elderly.

It's still absolutely possible for all of us to be good friends to the older people in our lives,

but we're going to have to find different ways of doing it.

You're listening to stories of our times, from the Times and the Sunday Times.

I'm Manvey Rana.

Today, Norman and George, two unlikely friends navigating the challenges of COVID-19. My name is George. I'm from Syria and I'm living here with Norman.

My name is George. I'm from Syria and I'm living here with Norman.

Hello, I'm Norman Franklin, age 92, and enjoying life.

Well, I want to ask, firstly, how did, how did you meet George?

I felt having lived alone the widow for about 10 years.

I ought to have somebody living here, not wasting my spare bed, and so on.

So I discovered this agency and they produced George.

And tell me, so when did you first meet George?

June probably this year.

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