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Britain's oldest waitress at Sheffield Hotel and Spa forced to retire through injury at 91
Yorkshire Post
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02/02/2024
Violet Garratty has been working two days a week at the Kenwood Hall Hotel and Spa in Sheffield for the last 32 years.
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What made you choose to learn to fly in the 80s?
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Oh it was my son. My brother lived near the Chiltern Mountains, lived in Buckingham,
00:09
and it wasn't far from the Chiltern Mountains. And I always wanted, we used to go and watch him
00:17
paraglide. And I said, "Oh one day, Ernest, I'm going to come and I'm going to have a go
00:24
jumping off. I fancy jumping off paragliding." So my son, you see, he couldn't get me to
00:31
paragliding. He thought, "Best, next best, flying lesson." So when I was 80, he says,
00:41
"I've got a nice surprise for you, Mum." And yeah, so they took me out like, and he said,
00:50
"I've got you a flying lesson." I went, "Oh, fantastic." I was right excited, you know.
00:57
They thought, "Oh, I'd be frightened," you know, but I wanted to look forward to it.
01:01
Anyhow, you go, and I got into the plane, and once you get up in the air,
01:10
the pilot gives you the controls. And so you do what he tells you to do, you know.
01:19
And it was fantastic. And he said, "Where would you like to go?" I said, "Oh," he says, "I'd like
01:24
to go over Otter." So he said, "Right, so we went right out to the Pennines, and we came over Kenwood."
01:32
And he took it a little bit lower, you know. So that was quite exciting, you know.
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