Two centenarians celebrated in East Wittering

Zsi Boylett-Long from Owls About Town introduces Joan Pettman to Boris. Picture: Kate Shemilt .ks16000825-3

Joan Pettman was 100 last Monday and received a birthday visit from Owls about Town. She came face to face with Boris, a scruffy looking tawny frogmouth that was named after Boris Johnson.

The visit was followed by afternoon tea.

Then Lady Olive Strathspey was 103 on Saturday and the home, in Church Farm Lane, hosted a party for her family.

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Joan Pettman was born in London on August 1, 1916.

Her first job was as a hairdresser but she went on to model clothing for prospective purchasers at Bourne and Hollingsworth department store in Oxford Street.

During the Second World War, Joan worked in the NAAFI canteen. After the war, she married and had three children. Joan now has two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Lady Olive Strathspey was born on August 6, 1913, in Norfolk.

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She served in the Army and was promoted to the rank of major.

During the Second World War, she was posted to Italy, Germany and finally Scotland, where she was in charge of 3,000 women.

Following the war, she married and had two children.

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