Hundreds send cards to wish one of Calderdale's oldest residents a happy 110th birthday
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Pritam Kaur – one of Calderdale’s oldest residents – was thrown a party at Woodfield Grange Care Home in Greetland where she lives.
The home’s staff had appealed for people to send Mrs Kaur birthday cards and were overwhelmed when 273 arrived.
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Hide AdThey were also offered other gifts for the celebrations including flowers; cakes from Cake Me a Bake, Roisin Ciara and Beth’s Bakes and Cakes; and balloons from Blown Away Balloons and We Love Balloons.
Mrs Kaur came from a farming family and grew up in India with her two sisters, and her parents – mum Karen Kaur and dad Santa Singh.
She married her husband, Puran Singh, who was a soldier in the British Army and they had three children – a son and two daughters.
She lived in Canada with her daughter before moving to the UK in 1989. Her grandson and great grandchildren are from Halifax.