A centenarian was ‘over the moon’ to mark her a hundred and first birthday with greater than 30,000 birthday playing cards from individuals all over the world together with celebrities.
Edna Clayton, who lives in Hector Home care house within the Shawlands space of Glasgow, was disillusioned to overlook out on celebrating her one centesimal birthday final 12 months whereas residing alone within the Covid-19 lockdown.
Since shifting to the care house, supervisor Angela Todd needed to make her a hundred and first yesterday a birthday to recollect and appealed on social media for some playing cards to be despatched.
And Edna has been overwhelmed by the response, with tens of 1000's of playing cards flooding in from all over the world.
She mentioned: ‘I’ve had a beautiful day, the most effective of my life, nice, all the eye, all of the care, what extra may anybody ask for?’
Celebrities corresponding to David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Zoe Ball, and John Gordon Sinclair despatched messages, in addition to the Texas hearth division and the President of Luxembourg.
Sir Billy Connolly despatched a video message to Edna by way of BBC Scotland, which mentioned: ‘I’d prefer to want you a contented birthday. 100 and one – that’s spectacular. Properly completed!’
Edna additionally acquired a card from the Queen, and prime minister Boris Johnson despatched a letter.
She added she is ‘over the moon’ to obtain a card from the Queen.
Requested whether or not she may reveal any secrets and techniques to an extended life, she mentioned: ‘There’s no secret, I take every day because it comes.’
The 101-year-old mum lived in Battlefield, Glasgow for many years and cared for her son James, who has Down’s syndrome and now lives in sheltered lodging.
Angela from the care house mentioned: ‘From each nook of the world she’s had playing cards saying what an inspiration she has been as a mom, it’s been pretty.’
James, now in his 50s, joined her to have fun yesterday they usually additionally loved a visit round Glasgow on a celebration bus.
Angela added: ‘She introduced him up on her personal since her husband handed away some 30 years in the past.
‘Her life has been dedicated to her son, he means a lot to her so it meant rather a lot to her to see her in the present day.’
She added how Edna and the care house are nonetheless in shock after the large response to the decision for birthday needs.
‘When Edna first got here to us she informed us that on her one centesimal birthday she hadn’t acquired her card from the Queen,’ Angela mentioned.
‘So along with her a hundred and first approaching, we knew she had a really small circle of household and associates, we thought let’s put a wee attraction out to the people of Shawlands and ask youngsters to make playing cards and issues like that, get some playing cards by way of the door.
‘The publish simply went viral and we’ve acquired playing cards from all around the world. we're sitting at over 30,000 playing cards at this second in time, flowers, parcels the whole lot.
‘She did get the cardboard from the Queen this morning and in addition a letter from the prime minister so she is over the moon about that.’
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