Yes, Barry's mum will be 100 on October 14, she still lives alone and goes into town on the bus regularly. She does have someone come twice a week to clean and take her grocery shopping (this is arranged by Social Services in the UK). She is still very sharp mentally, but is getting more vulnerable physically so Barry and his brothers are trying to convince her to move in with one of them. So far, she is resisting.

She is the only person I have ever met who clearly recalls the beginning of World war ONE - also she lived through the Blitz in London, and worked on wiring (after the war) of one of the world's first computers which she said filled a large room.

A true Cockney, born within the sound of Bow Bells in London in 1906!

Gail