ExtraCare Resident Stories

‘That’s my party piece,’ says 102-year-old Sylvia Fairholme as she bends over to touch her toes outside her apartment at Lark Hill Village.

There’s a picture taking pride of place on the kitchen wall of Pauleen Davies’ apartment at Lark Hill Village. It’s a portrait of her, decorated in silver stars and drawn by one of the children taking part in Old People’s Home for 4 Year-Olds.

Margaret Reynolds, a former nursery teacher, says moving to Lark Hill Village was the best move she ever made.

Lilian Calvert started tap dancing when she was just seven years old. It was during the war, and she asked her mother for a shilling for her first lesson. At 81 she's now teaching tap dancing at Lark Hill Village where she lives.

Lavinia Faulkner has around 200 owl ornaments and pictures. They decorate her bungalow at Lark Hill Village where a picture of her great-granddaughter takes pride of place on the living room wall.