One of the best bits about being Lord Mayor is visiting people on special occasions. So it was that this afternoon I called into St Mark's Nursing Home in Waun Wen to meet Mair Saunders, who is 100 years old today.
Mair had already had a card from the Queen, the Secretary of State for Wales, the First Minister of Wales and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, so it was a pleasure to add to that by bringing her a lovely bunch of flowers.
Mair was born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1919 and was married to Gwilym in June 1943. They had a happy 63 years of marriage before Gwilym died in 2006. She has two daughters, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Before moving into St Mark's eighteen months ago, Mair was living independently in her home in St. Thomas.
It was lovely to meet her and some of her family, as well as the staff and a few of the other residents, a number of whom used to live in my ward.
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