Elsie Pearman, a care home resident who has lived under five monarchs, celebrated her 108th birthday at Dyneley House in Chapel Allerton.
Born in 1916, she worked as a nurse in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Mrs Pearman spent the first 20 years of her life in Sunderland before moving to Newcastle with her work in the civil service.
She described her birthday celebrations, which included a special visit from the Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Abigail Marshall Katung.
Born in 1916, she worked as a nurse in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Mrs Pearman spent the first 20 years of her life in Sunderland before moving to Newcastle with her work in the civil service.
She described her birthday celebrations, which included a special visit from the Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Abigail Marshall Katung.
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00:00So it was your 108th birthday recently, wasn't it?
00:06It was lovely because Mates threw me a lovely party, lovely party it was, invited all my
00:16friends and we had entertainment and tea and cake and, you know, all the things that make
00:24a birthday go with a swing.
00:27And you had some special guests, I heard that the Lord Mayor came to see you as well.
00:31Oh yes, that was the crowning point of the day because she was a lady and she was beautiful,
00:40really beautiful, dressed in gold with all the gold chains on her and she was everything,
00:51a nice, amiable sort of person.
00:56What did you do for work when you were working, I'll say?
00:59Well, I did a nurse in the Royal Navy and that was very, well, soul-destroying in one
01:10way and marvellous in another, you know, you couldn't really put a word to it.
01:16I'll never forget that.