Sylvia Lindley
She cut her birthday cake with daughter Nadia and grandchildren Miles and Gina at the Armthorpe home where she now lives.
Sylvia, a resident at Rose House on Church Street, was born on January 22, 1903, and grew up in Thorne after her parents moved from Derbyshire.
She and husband Reginald ran the town's Lindley's garage for a living and Sylvia later set up her own florists shop.
She reckons her long life has been helped by her love of chocolate, say care staff at Rose House.
Rose house manager Pam Castle said: "Sylvia does eat a lot of chocolate and she likes to talk when she's in the mood. She's marvellous."
©2009 Johnston Press Digital Publishing
January 23, 2009
U.K.: 'Chocolate keeps me young,' says Sylvia, aged 106
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SHEFFIELD, England / The Doncaster Star / January 23, 2009
SHE may be Doncaster's oldest woman – and she has just celebrated her 106th birthday.
Sylvia Lindley has lived through two world wars and the reigns of five monarchs – and once worked playing the piano in Doncaster's cinemas for silent films.
Sylvia Lindley
She cut her birthday cake with daughter Nadia and grandchildren Miles and Gina at the Armthorpe home where she now lives.
Sylvia, a resident at Rose House on Church Street, was born on January 22, 1903, and grew up in Thorne after her parents moved from Derbyshire.
She and husband Reginald ran the town's Lindley's garage for a living and Sylvia later set up her own florists shop.
She reckons her long life has been helped by her love of chocolate, say care staff at Rose House.
Rose house manager Pam Castle said: "Sylvia does eat a lot of chocolate and she likes to talk when she's in the mood. She's marvellous."
©2009 Johnston Press Digital Publishing
Sylvia Lindley
She cut her birthday cake with daughter Nadia and grandchildren Miles and Gina at the Armthorpe home where she now lives.
Sylvia, a resident at Rose House on Church Street, was born on January 22, 1903, and grew up in Thorne after her parents moved from Derbyshire.
She and husband Reginald ran the town's Lindley's garage for a living and Sylvia later set up her own florists shop.
She reckons her long life has been helped by her love of chocolate, say care staff at Rose House.
Rose house manager Pam Castle said: "Sylvia does eat a lot of chocolate and she likes to talk when she's in the mood. She's marvellous."
©2009 Johnston Press Digital Publishing
