They're ladies who lunch, aged 101 and 103

They have a combined age of 204, and were born when electricity was a novelty and corsets were in fashion.
But Mrs Phyllis Beatty, aged 101, and Mrs Betty Grazebrook, aged 103, had a spring in their step when they were invited to a lunch in their honour by Corinium Care in Nailsworth.
The live-in care agency hosted the event at its offices in George Street as part of Good Care Week which celebrates and promotes excellence in social care, and to toast two of the company’s most senior clients.

Managing Director Clare Janik (centre) with lunch guests

“It’s a great pleasure for us when clients come and meet the staff in our head office,” said Managing Director of Corinium Care, Clare Janik.
Mrs Beatty studied Classics at Oxford University and trained as an architect before she married in 1946 and had two children, now aged 65 and 62. She came to lunch with her Corinium carer Hilary Scheepers.
Mrs Grazebrook married in 1937 and has a son, aged 70, and a daughter, aged 62. She attended with her carer Clare Lester.
“It’s very kind of Corinium Care to invite us to lunch,” she said. “They always send us a photo of the staff at Christmas, so it’s nice to put names to all those faces.”
Corinium Care and its 17 staff provide 24-hour care for elderly and vulnerable people in their own homes. It has clients all over the UK, and particularly in Gloucestershire and the South West.
In the last five years, the Corinium Care team has scooped a clutch of awards including a National Training Award, Business of the Year award, and a triple accolade in the Great South West Care Awards.