Britain's newest oldest woman
607 views · Published 19 January 2015 · 1:31 · Indexed 1 November 2026
Channel: vyganews com · 2015 · Entertainment
She says she doesn’t feel a day over 70, but the oldest person in Britain celebrated her 112th birthday today. Gladys Hooper said the secret to her longevity is ‘living a straight life’ and keeping active. She has only just taken the title of Britain’s oldest person after the death of 114-year-old Ethel Lang on Thursday, who was who the last person in the UK born during the reign of Queen Victoria. On finding out the news, Mrs Hooper, who lives in the Isle of Wight, said: ‘I am very surprised, I thought I was just the oldest person on the island.’
