CENTENARIAN Beryl Carr watched her third coronation on Saturday.
The 101-year-old, who still volunteers one day a week at the League of Friends Café at Ealing Hospital, also has some celebrating of her own to do.
She finally received her MBE for services as a volunteer after not being able to make the official ceremony.
Beryl started working in the Friends Café as a sprightly 80-year-old in 2003, preparing food and working on the till.
“I’ve made a fair few sandwiches in my time, but I really enjoy the social side of it,” she said.
“I can’t think of anything worse than being stuck in front of the TV all day.
“The great thing about volunteering is you are helping other people, but in a funny way you are helping yourself as well.”
Beryl was born in 1922, when George V was on the throne, Gandhi was imprisoned for opposing British rule in India, and archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed Tutankhamun’s tomb.
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