KEY TO A RIPE OLD AGE IS GRASS, ROOTS AND BERRIES
Froghill resident Daisy Cutter had something to celebrate last week when she marked her 110th birthday.
Surrounded by her friends, Daisy threw a special 'tea' party to mark the occasion.
Her daughter, 86 year-old Elsie, said: "She had a wonderful birthday. She and her friends smoked a spliff or two before cranking up her favourite Bob Marley record and then getting stuck into a slap-up birthday meal."
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Ms Cutter is just a few years younger than the oldest person in the world, who is 115.
Ms Cutter was born in Froghill in 1896 and after leaving school began a career as an airship mechanic. She was one of the maintenance team which worked on the R101 before it crashed in October 1930, killing all but six of its passengers.
After working at various aerodromes around the UK, Ms Cutter returned to Froghill in the late 1930's and has lived here ever since.
Elsie believes that her mother's diet and outlook on life are key factors in Daisy's reaching such an advanced age.
She said: "My mother has always eaten sensibly, getting up before dawn every morning to go foraging for roots and berries. She is also very laid-back and has been a habitual cannabis user since the early 1920’s.
"She maintains that smoking grass relaxes her and helps her overcome life's little ups and downs."
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