ATHERTON born Margaret Blakeley has died at the amazing age of 107.

Until ill health necessitated her going in to care, Mrs Blakeley had lived all except the last 11 years of her life in her home town.

For most of those years she lived in Hamilton Street before going to live with her daughter, Margaret, and son-in-law Raoul, in Newbrook Road.

Her daughter died earlier this year.

Brought up a Unitarian she married in 1916 at Chowbent Chapel.

Friday's funeral service begins at 2.30pm at Overdale Crematorium.

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