Parking fine for 107 year old British woman

A 107-year-old British woman received a parking fine for being 13 minutes late back to her car. Fortunately the parking ticket was cancelled after she explained that she had struggled to get to back to her car in time because she uses a walking frame.

One of Britain's oldest women, Bessie Farnworth, went out for lunch with her great-nephew Dave, and parked in a 3-hour zone. She was 13 minutes late back to her car, and the meter expired.

Parking operators issued Bessie with a £70 fine. However, after Bessie's explanation, the kind-hearted Parking Eye operators apologised and cancelled the ticket "as a gesture of goodwill."

Dave said: "My aunt Bessie was born before the Titanic was even built. She's an incredible woman. She was independent until the age of 106. She did all her own cooking, cleaning, shopping. She even did her own gardening. She's still active but she's a slow walker. I think at her age the fact that she can even get out in public and have her lunch is remarkable. She should be able to park there as long as she wants.”

Bessie turned 107 on October 30, 2017 and had a party at her retirement home. Bessie has received four birthday cards from the Queen. In 2011, she starred in a Channel 4 program when celebrating her 100th birthday with a helicopter ride.

Bessie married husband Tom Farnworth in May 1941 and was with him until he died at the age of 90 in 2004. They had four children.

One of her son’s Wilf, who is 74, said: "Her youngest great-grandson, Peter, is 100 years younger than her, which is amazing really. My mum is very well-liked at the care home her because she is always having a good laugh with the staff. She still keeps herself active."

MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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