Celebrations have been in full swing at Cheshire Grange Care Home as one of its residents reaches her centenary in style.
Olive was joined by relatives, friends and other residents as she received her birthday card from the king and queen marking her landmark birthday, Mo Hussain, Mayor Warrington also visited to congratulate Olive.
Olive was born 1925 in Salford, but spent her childhood and teenage years growing up on Barsbank Lane, going to Statham School.
Afterwards, her first job was in Broadheath but she soon found herself working at the Co-Op which used to be on Rectory Lane where one of her duties was patting butter into 1/2 pound blocks
In 1952 she met and married Jack who had just finished his National Service in the Royal Navy. Their first home together was on Massey Avenue, where, in 1954 Olive & Jacks son Michael was born and in 1963 they moved to their forever home on Egerton Road.
Olive worked during the 60’s and 70’s at Hygenic Dry Cleaners on the corner of Henry Street and Eagle Brow. Later she worked for Pam Bolland at Pam Boutique in both Grappenhall and Lymm.
During the 40’s and 50’s Olive was an avid ballroom dancer, dancing throughout Warrington and Altrincham up to 5 nights a week. This pastime ended abruptly when she married a man with two left feet
During the late 60’s and 70’s she was a keen member of Lymm Twin Town Society, working as Secretary alongside Peter Birchall, Chris Limb and Roger Paton-Williams to name but a few.
From 1968 Olive developed a keen interest in breeding and showing Cairn Terriers, regularly exhibiting at Crufts and other Championship Shows from Windsor to Stirling.
Olive loves sharing memories of all her adventures and as you can imagine there have been many in her 100 years!!!!
The birthday girl, said: This has been a wonderful day I never expected all this fuss’ Olive attributes her longevity to a loving family, hard work and dancing!
Dawn Holsgrove Smith, General Manager at Cheshire Grange added: “We’re delighted to be celebrating a truly remarkable lady as she reaches this amazing milestone. Olive is such a popular resident who always has an interesting tale to tell, and we look forward to hearing many more as she breaks into her next century.”
Cheshire Grange Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Cheshire Grange provides residential care, nursing care and dementia care for number of beds residents from respite care to long term stays.
