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FAMILY GATHER FOR HILDA’S 107th BIRTHDAY Grange Nursing Home resident Hilda Greening celebrated her 107th birthday on 18th October, making her one of Tewkesbury’s oldest inhabitants. Family and friends from miles around gathered for Hilda’s special birthday celebration. Eight years ago, when Hilda was 99, relatives worked with her to produce a book of her memo-
ries. Born in Castle Street, Winchcombe, one of Hilda’s earliest recollections is of an outside water supply, shared by three cottages. These were carefree days when children
e Mini Facial e e Back, Neck and Shoulder e e Massage e e Mini Manicure e e Mini Pedicure e e Free Box of Chocolates e ALL FOR £60 Hilda Greening with members of her family
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played in fields, horses and traps were the only traffic and a neighbour grew tomatoes - still a rare sight in the early part of the twentieth century. It was an exciting time when the circus came to town, and the young Hilda was amazed to see an elephant on the streets of rural Gloucestershire! Hilda’s mother had aspirations for her to become a cook, but it was not for her and instead she became third house maid at Southam De La Bere. Later on, she was to work for a retired ambassador to India and also for the aunt and uncle of the celebrated actress, Dame Peggy Ashcroft. Hilda met her husband to be, Cyril, a soldier, while in service and they married in 1931.
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LIGHT UP! SEE SPECIAL FEATURES ON PAGE 3 AND PAGES 22-25 During the second world war, Hilda recalls seeing a Luftwaffe aircraft dropping its bombs on Langley Hill, with a Spitfire in pursuit. Hilda’s five children, grand and great grand children all gave their love and respect to a very special lady at her birthday party last month. Hilda has lived at the Grange Nursing Home, Northway, for two years.