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Ethel’s active life... and a regular drop of sherry


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Staying active all her life- . and a regular drop of sherry •;>: -have helped sprightly Ethel Cowling reach the grand old ageoflOO.


Ethel celebrated her birth­ day at Abbeyfleld House, Low Moor, Clitheroe, with aspecial cake, a card from the Queen and a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of Ribble Valley, Coun Michael Ranson and Mrs Janette Ranson. She was surrounded by


family, neighbours and well- wishers for an enjoyable morning of chat and memo­ ries. “I’m amazed. 1 didn’t ex­ pect all this fuss, but I’m en­ joying it,” said Ethel. “It’s very


. nice when we all get together. It’s bringing memories back” Ethel, originally from Staf­


fordshire, lived in Silsden then ' Crosshills, Yorkshire, with her husband Stanley, who used to be a mill foreman, until they moved to the Ribble Valley .


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Abirthdaytoastforsprightly Ethel Cowling witHsoh Jeffrey, granddaughter Jacquelyn and the Mayorand Mayoress.


25 years ago when Stanley went into residential care at the Manor House and Ethel moved into a bungalow in nearby Beech Grove. She liked village life in


Chatburn and coped on her own with help from friends and neighbours. She baked • herownbreadandwentwalk-' ing every dayuntil she was well into her 90s, but she had a fall two years ago and went into residential care.'


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who lives at Grindleton, and daughter Barbara Ballen, who lives in Canada. She has a granddaughter Jacquelyn Cowling in Grindleton. two grandsons and three great­ grandchildren in Canada, a


grand-daughter and three great-grandchildren in Swit­ zerland, and a granddaughter and three great-grandchil­ dren in Carlisle. At Abbeyfield House, Ethel


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