An ex-firefighter has undergone gender reassignment surgery at the age of 80 after a lifetime of feeling unhappy
Isobel Jeffrey spoke about how she is now at peace having been "trapped in the wrong body" for most of her life in tough traditionally-male roles. Married Isobel admitted she took on "masculine" jobs - and was known as Andrew Jeffrey to male workmates on ships, as a truck driver and a firefighter - to convince herself of her gender.
But for the past six years she has been living as a woman, and began transitioning at the age of 79 before completing surgery this year. She said: "I cannot tell you how much it has meant to me; the peace, the calm and the contentment that has been brought over me.
