Pamper day for Kathleen to mark her 102nd birthday
KATHLEEN Treharne, who was born during the Spanish flu pandemic, marked her milestone 102nd birthday with a relaxing pamper afternoon at her Newark care home.
Kathleen spent her special day being pampered from head to toe, with Bowbridge Court staff offering their services to provide manicure, pedicure and hair treatments, including a curly blow-dry. Kathleen was overwhelmed with deliveries of flowers, balloons, presents and cards filled her room as she enjoyed Facetime calls with family and friends.
Kathleen was born and raised in Newark, where she has lived her whole life. Despite being very young at the time, Kathleen recalls her family telling her about life during the Spanish flu pandemic. After leaving school, her first job was at Webb’s Woollies making knitted baby clothes.
When the Second World War began, Kathleen joined the war effort and began making uniform including hats, scarfs and gloves for soldiers on the front line.
Following the war Kathleen focused on settling down and raising her daughter. During this time, she spent some time as a dinner lady at a local school and prior to the current pandemic, the Bowbridge team organised for her to re-visit the school.
Kathleen, who has lived at Bowbridge Court since 2013, said: “I am so grateful to the team, they really have excelled themselves with my pamper birthday. Every year they pull out all the stops and I wonder how they will top it, but somehow, they always mange to make me feel incredibly special!
“I would never have thought I would live through two global pandemics and I am looking forward to seeing the back of it! The availability of a vaccine feels like light at the end of the tunnel, I was thrilled to receive my first dose, it was one of the best gifts I could have asked for!’.”