Felpham resident celebrates her 105th birthday

By The Newsroom
Published 20th Aug 2015, 08:00 BST
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A SPRIGHTLY grandmother is today celebrating her 105th birthday.

Eileen Pickford, who has 11 grandchildren, was born in the Falkland Islands on August 20, 1910.

Moving to Littlehampton at the age of 12, she attended St Catherine’s School before going to London in her 20s, where she worked at a court dressmaker in Knightsbridge before helping to open a restaurant in Chelsea.

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Her daughter Veronica said: “Eileen enjoys very good health, loving every minute of the time she spends with her children, three grandchildren, five great grandchildren and three great, great grandchildren.”