Ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

(Photograph) - Only a century separated ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith when they met at the opening of the Nunu day nursery in Wigan. Born on 1 July 1902, Winifred has been married to husband Fred for 74 years and has one son, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren - the youngest aged five. She cut the official ribbon of the day nursery with a local contemporary of hers, Sarah Baybutt, aged 97. Nursery manager Stephanie Poole said, 'We wanted to do something extra special to celebrate the nursery opening and so we began our search to find two exceptional women from the local community and treat them as VIPs for the day.' Photo by Pauline Neild