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The function room in the nursing home is really quite nice to be in.

The seating is comfy.

There's a range of games and books.

And is that karaoke equipment?

The glass doors of the back open to a well-tended garden.

Me and my family have come down from Scotland to the South Coast of England

for a 100th birthday party.

We're a bit early.

Richard, my wife Lucy's grandfather whose birthday it is,

is napping, but should be down soon.

We pop out to the garden so the kids can run around a bit.

Killing time, I add up the collective age of my family.

Altogether, we have 96 years across the four of us,

just shy of Richard's century.

Eventually Richard comes into the room.

He may be frail, but he's sparkling.

Still, to honour his energy levels,

we're only able to spend an hour or so with him.

But it feels like a real blessing.

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