Did anyone know the oldest person in the UK lis from Barnsley

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  1. Farnham_Red

    Farnham_Red Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    I wonder if she was at the FA Cup Final?
     
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    Just been on the news

    Saying she (Grace Jones) never married, as she met no man as decent as her fiancé who was killed during World War I.
     
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    Re: Just been on the news

    Wasn't she in the year above you at school, mate? :D
     
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    Actually I did, sort of. I knew she was second oldest person in the UK as my kids were looking it up only last week - but I didn't know the previous oldest has now died. I will update them with this news when they return from school today (with apologies to Grace Jones and her family.) Good luck to Ethel. Keep on going.
     
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    The next time I see you

    I'm going to give you a big bear hug.:)
     
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    Re: The next time I see you

    yes oldest person in UK lives in Barnsley and she has a daughter who is 90!!
     
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    For a moment I thought you were going to say Gerry!
     
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    Yep, good post, Farnham. Saw it earlier on BBC and you beat me to posting it on BBS. Good old Ethel; long may she live.
     
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    respect to her

    my great grandad lived to 97 & survived a bullet at the Somme
     
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    Amazing to think she could have watched our FA Cup win in 1912!

    Well done Ethel. Anyone know which nursing home she's living in?
     
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    While I have the utmost respect for these people, I hope I am spared such a long life. Who wants to outlive all their friends, their siblings, their cousins, their nephews and nieces, their own children and even their grandchildren? Not I. My only real wish in life is that I die before any more of my friends and family who are younger than me go.

    And on that uplifting note, I'm going to have a sausage sandwich. No euphemism.
     
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    Very very strange this...........I recently posted about me knowing the owners of Pulse and Cocktail..........and now I'm posting that I've met Ethel a few times.

    The last time I saw her was about 10 years ago when she was 103 years old. She used to live at Churchfields.........at that time her eyesight was failing a bit but she was a very wick women and had all her buttons on.

    Great to hear she is still going strong
     
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