Pembrokeshire
Ivy celebrates 108th birthday with card from the King
A resident of Hillside Care Home in Goodwick has celebrated a remarkable 108th birthday.
Ivy Skeate’s birthday fell on 1st November and Ivy celebrated with tea and cake and family visiting the next day.
Annette Narbett, Registered Home Manager at the Pembrokeshire County Council-run Hillside, said Ivy was delighted to receive a card from His Majesty The King to mark the occasion.
Hillside’s oldest resident, and one of the oldest people in Wales, Ivy was born just after the outbreak of the First World War.
(Lead image: Pembrokeshire Council)
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