{"id":2741,"date":"2024-02-15T04:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2024-02-15T04:42:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T04:42:41","slug":"with-people-living-longer-centenarian-ethel-hemmings-words-are-worth-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/with-people-living-longer-centenarian-ethel-hemmings-words-are-worth-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"With people living longer, centenarian Ethel Hemmings\u2019 words are worth reading"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2741\" class=\"elementor elementor-2741\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-369647a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"369647a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80e4410\" data-id=\"80e4410\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc75d8f elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc75d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>E<strong>thel has been a resident at Bolton Clarke\u2019s Fairview Retirement Village at Pinjarra Hills, 167km southwest of Brisbane\u2019s CBD, for the past 22 years.<\/strong><\/p><p>She met her late husband Lloyd when they crossed paths during World War Two and eventually both worked for Brisbane\u2019s Cash and Carry stores.<\/p><p>\u201cWe went out together once before he went to war \u2013 I was 17 and he was 19 \u2013 and we would correspond all the time,\u201d said Ethel.<\/p><p>\u201cWhen Lloyd came back from the war, we got engaged and were married in 1946.\u201d<\/p><p>The couple had three children and settled in Toowong, close to the city centre.<\/p><p>\u201cWe bought a block of land in west Toowong and built our home that we stayed in for 45 years on Kapunda Street. In those days, the whole street were friends and we all had young kids so they would all play together, and it was lovely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b656613 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b656613\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a286d27\" data-id=\"a286d27\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8b8dc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a8b8dc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-300x229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2744\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-600x459.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8-585x447.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture8.jpg 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c343b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c343b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2830102\" data-id=\"2830102\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc34597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc34597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWe stayed there until Lloyd was 80 and I was 78, but that\u2019s when we decided we needed to downsize and that\u2019s how we ended up here in Fairview 22 years ago!<\/p><p>\u201cWe moved in here thinking it was where we would spend the last five years of our lives but Lloyd ended up living until he was 95 and I\u2019m still here.<\/p><p>\u201cIt was the best move we ever made and we have both really enjoyed our time here.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>A reminder of the great community that retirement villages can offer.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethel has been a resident at Bolton Clarke\u2019s Fairview Retirement Village at Pinjarra Hills, 167km southwest of Brisbane\u2019s CBD, for the past 22 years. 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