WE always love to celebrate local youngsters’ achievements in the Visiter, through columns such as School Days and Sport - but today we are delighted to honour two of our town’s most special senior citizens.
Great grandma Alice Abram was overwhelmed when Yellow Top taxi colleagues surprised her on her birthday as they whisked the 90-year-old away in a Rolls Royce for slap-up meal at the Grand Palace. She began working for the firm when she was 70, and is still a big hit with customers calling to book a taxi today.and as our photographs show, she looks as glamorous as ever.
Equally loved is dinner lady Joyce Fann, who has been keeping pupils’ tummies full at Farnborough Road School for 45 years.
It just goes to show, youth isn’t everything – and in jobs where people skills are all essential, you can’t beat a bit of worldly wisdom and experience.
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