Ballasalla is fast becoming a fashionable producer of “centenarians” and we are now pleased to welcome our newest entry to the “100 year old Club”- Mrs Margaret. (Vera) Menzies, of 16 Silverburn Drive.

Mrs Menzies reached this grand day on the 7th of March and received not only a letter from the Queen, but a bouquet and congratulations from our own Governor in company of the Chairman of our Commissioners.

Mrs Menzies, though English was born in Ireland, married a British husband, who was a distinguished veterinarian who was awarded an OBE for his services in the Colonial Service. They spent many happy years in the Sudan before coming to the Isle of Man in 1960.

Mrs Menzies was a long serving member of the British Legion and was their President here in the Isle of Man for some years. Today she is still their Honorary Chairman.

Mrs Menzies has long supported our Association and has had two spells of living in Ballasalla. Her first was at Abbeyford, one of Ballasalla’s premier residences. Those years, in company of her late husband, were full and happy days. It was then when she came to love Ballasalla and make so many friends here.

After her husband passed away she moved to Castletown, but always wished to return to Ballasalla and her friends. This she did 7 years ago and she now lives at 16 Silverburn Drive, near to her great friend and fellow officer of the British Legion, Mrs Watterson.

Among the several recent centenarians are: Elsie Fullerton, Professor Brockington, both of the Silverburn Estate and Mrs Mitchell of Meadow Court.

We wish Mrs Menzies many more years of good health. 110 would be good!