00:00Did you have fun working in the munitions factory?
00:03Oh yes, we had bingo there.
00:06And I won.
00:08I traded amongst my friends.
00:11What are some of the things you enjoy doing these days?
00:14It might be the secret, we never know.
00:16Well, it's today now.
00:18What do you do? You were living...
00:21I'm getting very bored.
00:25Because they said you would clean the windows if it was up to you.
00:28I said, why don't you leave those? I can do them.
00:32Dust the shelf.
00:34What are you doing that for? Dusting.
00:36I said, I can dust the shelf.
00:39I said, in fact, I've asked for the tin of polish to do the dressing tables.
00:45And I thought I'd better get on with them before they come.
00:50Because they're starting the girls, sweeping the floor, polishing the furniture.
00:54What can I do?
00:56You could work here if you wanted to.
00:58Like, if they had the means, you would just start working here, I suppose.
01:00Well, yes.
01:01There's some nowhere to keep me going.
01:03But, er...
01:05How do you like to relax?
01:07I'll relax.
01:08How do you like to relax?
01:09With my eyes.
01:11You're a Terry, you are.
01:12She used to knit.
01:13Not long ago, she stopped knitting.
01:14She used to knit blankets.
01:15Oh, they wanted me to start knitting.
01:16I said, I've been knitting when she was born.
01:17And before.
01:18How was the party yesterday?
01:19It was very nice.
01:20I was amazed how many were here.
01:21Good.
01:22But it was all very nice.
01:23But the cake was beautiful.
01:24Oh, good.
01:25Your birthday cake.
01:26They all wanted a second round.
01:27Oh.
01:28But they didn't get it.
01:29No.
01:30How's the world changed since, like, when you were born in 1916?
01:31How's, how's the world changed since, like, when you were born in 1916? How's, how's, how's the world changed? How's your local area changed since then?
01:51Well, I think it changed for the better then, but now it's a little bit.
01:57for the better then but now it's changed for the worse. Oh dear, when was the tipping point?
02:03When did it go down? I don't think the world is nice now. That's a shame. It is a shame.
02:11Yes, I think people looked after themselves, they helped the people if they wanted but now
02:19they'd sooner shove them away. But I don't think they're very kind to people now.
02:26They just come in and have a look, see if you're alright, if you're alright, well that's the next customer too.
02:35Don't stand and talk. It's cursory, they come and say, are you okay? That's all the time and then move on to the next one or they just don't.
02:42That's right, no, they don't come as they used to do now. I can't walk. When I was 103 and 104, I used to walk a mile a day.
02:55And that was in the morning where I lived and it was about a mile from school, wasn't it?
03:04You used to walk about a mile? Yes. Every day? Apart from Saturday and Sunday, you gave yourselves two days off?
03:10You used to walk with the youngest one to school and back. Have another cup of coffee when I got back. Then start my house work.
03:19Tell me more about your husband. What?
03:22Tell me more about your husband. What about him?
03:25I was just going to Rotherham Pictures when this telegram come to say I had to report to Sheffield.
03:34And then he was away for three years? Yes. I saw him on the bus and I never saw him again for three years.
03:40Oh, almighty. I had no idea. I never got a leaf from Singapore.
03:43Yeah, came home. Home a week and they got married in 1942.
03:48The first thing he did, he got older me hand. This hand. And he pushed his finger in. Oh, it's not a bad size.
03:59He had it in his pocket in the army for two years. Oh my God.
04:05I'd like to ask what sort of treats you enjoy, because we've heard about whisky.
04:08What are some of your favourite things to have? What do you enjoy?
04:11One of my friends still bring me a bottle of whisky at Christmas.
04:15There you go, yeah.
04:16I've got a full bottle this Christmas ready. I said, I hate it a bit.
04:21Otherwise it'll go home.
04:24As a doctor always told a lady next door, she says, never drink a lot.
04:30I don't know if I would give that thing. Yeah, I agree.
04:41So, whisky is good for you. Yeah. Yeah.
04:44A doctor says so. Yeah.
04:47What do you like to eat? What treats do you like?
04:50Sausage.
04:52And what about chocolate? Oh.
04:56And nuts. Nuts and chocolate. Yes.
04:59If you had any advice you'd like to share, if you wanted to tell people something, tell them one thing to live by, what would you tell them?
05:10I don't know. I've never been a lot of friendly with them, have I?
05:14Right. And where that happens? No way.
05:16Just look at me. Oh, you're all right. Look over there.
05:19Look at me straight at this cat, that's it. And smile. Smile.
05:22Look at the camera. Yeah. Oh, better than mine.
05:25Oh. Oh, it's getting better. Look at the camera.
05:31Oh.
05:33Oh, well.
05:36Bye.
05:37Bye.
05:48Okay.
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