‘Very loving’ South Shields great-grandmother celebrates her 100th birthday
The family of a South Shields great-grandmother have marked her 100th birthday with a party.
Christina Bainbridge, from South Shields, celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, January 27, as those closest to her held a party to mark the milestone occasion.
Family and friends gathered at Patrick Cain House to celebrate the big day where she proudly showed off her birthday card from King Charles and Queen Camilla.
Christina, who has a daughter, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild, was married to her husband Matthew, who was known as Matty, for 56 years before he passed away.
Having lived in South Shields her whole life, Christina used to work at Wright’s Biscuit Factory before going onto work in the kitchen at Mowbray Road School.
Christine Reilly, Christina’s daughter, has told the Shields Gazette what it means for her family to come together and celebrate her mam’s 100th birthday.
The 75-year-old said: “She has been looking forward to her party as she loves being the centre of attention, we started to organise it back in October and she has been constantly reminding me about it.
“She’s asking me to make sure that I’ve done things for the party, which has been difficult to arrange as I live in Northamptonshire, her grandson lives in Leicestershire and her granddaughter lives in Lancashire.
“But we couldn’t not celebrate this, we had to do it.
“She is very determined and she will do anything for you as she is very loving.
“Even now she can tell you how to sort out a problem, the only thing that concerns her is that she can’t do all the things that she used to do.