Big party for 100-year-old Derbyshire great-grandmother
Celebration at nursing home where Marjorie Mason has lived for six years.
Family, friends and care home staff held a big party to celebrate the 100th birthday of a great-grandmother.
Marjorie Mason was the centre of attention at Ashfield Nursing Home in Kirkby in Ashfield where she has lived since 2020. She previously lived in Bolsover for more than 70 years.
Marjorie has three surviving daughters, Paula, Joanne and Marie, and two surviving sons, Andrew and David. Her daughter, Susan, sadly passed away at the age of 56, and son, Graham, passed away at birth.
Nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren make up Marjorie’s extended family.
Born in Newton, near Tibshelf, Marjorie worked in a jam factory on leaving school. She was then employed at Bolsover Colliery canteen where she met her future husband, Frank, while she was working in the kitchen.
Frank and Marjorie held their wedding at Bolsover Parish Church and had 37 years of married life together before Frank died at the age of 61.
Marjorie stayed at home to look after their children when they were small but after her family grew up, she worked at Thornhills Poultry Packers for several years before she retired in her late 50s.
In her younger years, Marjorie loved going on holidays abroad. Hobbies included knitting, puzzles, crosswords, wordsearches and she enjoyed cooking and baking, playing bingo and watching soaps on television.
Her family said that she has been hardworking, strong and healthy throughout her life. She never smoked or drank - apart from a sherry on special occasions.