Alice dies at 102

ONE of Oldham’s oldest residents has died at the age of 102.

Alice Lord died peacefully at the Alexandra Nursing Home in Queens Road, Oldham on Saturday, in which she had lived for 11 years.

The Chronicle reported on Alice’s 100th birthday two years ago when she cracked open the champagne to celebrate her centenary.

Alice was born in Copsterhill and, incredibly, lived in the same house for 92 years before eventually moving to the nursing home in 2000. An only child, she never married or had children.

She left St Paul’s School in Ashton Road at the age of 14 and went to work as a weaver in Stott’s Werneth Mill until the age of 40.

Alice then took some time out of work to care for her blind mother and later trained as a nurse, working in what was then Boundary Park Hospital before transferring to Monsall Hospital.

The funeral will take place at St Paul’s Church, Ashton Road, on Thursday, August 11 at 11am followed by interment at Greenacres Cemetery.