ExtraCare Resident Stories

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.

Ninety one-year-old great grandmother Kathleen Mayfield is no stranger to children. She brought up six of her own.