Irene Sinclair’s beloved sister who was a fellow centurian, passing into sleep at 104 years of age.
What is the best advice your grandparents imparted to you? Oh, to be kind! Always be kind and giving. My father was a very generous man. And he also always said to be kind to people and always help, my mother was very generous too. I know she would cook for my friends and give them lunch nearly every day, to feed them before going home. Very generous, the both of them. What were you like as a child? Oh I was a naughty little child. I was precocious, my father would tell me when I was seven or eight, he used to have me on his shoulder every day as I insisted! I was always questioning: why are you doing that? Ask so many questions. Never as I said, did he spank us, that look was enough! Did you have any heroes or role models growing up? Yes. The school mistress because I thought I would do that for quite awhile, and her brother. Yes I respected them greatly, and of course the minister. What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be an actress. Although I don’t like to be the centre of attention, but I like to be noticed. Don’t push me to the front but I’ll tag along. Because if you’re disappointed with the front view there’s always number two. When you were a teenager, what did you used to do for fun? Oh? We skipped rope, and swing lots as my father had made a big swing in our yard. We used to run around the big estate, and it was a ten minutes walk to the main road so we used to do a lot of running around. So we had lots of exercise. I used to enjoy the local dances run by the church with my sister, fun! i n f o @ i t s m y m a g a z i n e . c o m
Irene is a grand mother and great grand mother and is about to welcome a new great grand daughter into the world