A PENSIONER has said the key to a long life is to “just get on with it” after reaching a milestone birthday worthy of a message from royalty.
Joan Romeril celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday with a party at the Anchor Lodge Retirement Home in Walton.
The cheeky resident, who has never smoked, drank or driven a car, commemorated the occasion with her sons Peter and John, and grandson Robert, by her side.
She also enjoyed a chinwag with close friend Margaret, while old-time music played in the background and she opened her pile of cards, including one from the Queen.
She said: “It has been a wonderful day and it is rather nice to have reached 100. I can sit back now and say I’m not doing anything else.
“I am getting old now, but the secret, I think, is to just get on with it and don’t think about it.”
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