BURY'S oldest woman has celebrated her 106th birthday.

And Mrs Mary Mayne's birthday was yet another opportunity for staff and friends at the Moorfield Residential Home in Tottington Road to celebrate in style.

Mrs Mayne received official congratulations and greetings when the Mayor of Bury, Cllr Roy Walker, visited the home.

Born in Whitefield, the former nursing sister moved to Darlington where she married British Rail worker Albert Mayne.

Until 1996, Mrs Mayne lived on her own at Millwood Court, Bury, just doors away from her sister, Suzie. The birthday girl remains sprightly and still enjoys a joke with the other residents. She has one son, four grandchildren and an equal number of great grandchildren.

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