Edna Kettle from Halesowen has received around 500 cards for her 100th birthday!
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00:00Okay, Adena, so happy birthday. You're a pundra today, aren't you?
00:04Happy birthday.
00:05Yeah, fantastic. How are you feeling? Are you okay?
00:09Yes, thank you.
00:10Yeah, good, good. Now, I've got to say, you've had a few cars, haven't you?
00:14I have.
00:15So how many do you think you've had, around 300?
00:18They're all very nice cars.
00:20How many, sorry?
00:21Very nice.
00:22Oh, they are very nice, aren't they? So, Matthew, how many are there?
00:27So, we're estimating we've got about 500.
00:30Goodness me, that's incredible.
00:31But we are yet to count.
00:33Yes, yes, it's incredible, isn't it, really?
00:35Yeah, amazing.
00:36So, where have they all come from?
00:37So, we've had it from the local area, we've had West Midlands Fire Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service,
00:45card companies have sent us, Card Factory, Moon Pig.
00:50So, how did you generate so many cars for Adena?
00:53So, we advertised it on my personal Facebook page and the local Her Screen Community Watch page,
01:00contacted the local mayor and Stuart Henley, the local councillor, has been massive support as well with collecting cards.
01:09So, it's been a great turnout.
01:11It is, it's incredible. So, what's going to happen to them all?
01:14So, we're going to keep them for a few days.
01:18Yes.
01:19And then Adena will get a chance to read them all and send thank you cards.
01:25And we're going to say a big thank you on Facebook, aren't we?
01:30That's going to be a lot of thank you cards, isn't it?
01:35I should start writing now, Adena, I think.
01:38Anyway, happy birthday, have a lovely day and it's amazing to see all the cards, it's fantastic.