A family is hoping that the community will send birthday cards to a beloved Ipswich grandmother – who still enjoys a daily glass of Guinness.
On Monday, August 7, Ivy Moore will turn 102. For this special birthday, Ivy’s family is hoping that as many people as possible will send Ivy a birthday card, addressed to the Greensleeves-owned Henley House care home, where Ivy has been living for the past year.
Originally a London girl, Ivy was born in 1921 to parents Arthur and Florence Killick, growing up in Greenwich with brothers Arthur and Stan.
Ivy lived through the Second World War, working in a munitions factory in Swindon and spending time in Cambridge.
In 1948, she married Fred Moore, and the couple soon moved to Worcestershire where Fred ran a wine merchant’s business and later a country sub post office.
Soon the couple became parents to three children: Martin, Susan and Belinda. After retiring in 1996, they moved to Ipswich to be close to Martin and his family. After Fred passed away in 1999, Ivy continued to live at their home in Norbury Road, only moving into residential care at the ripe old age of 101.
Ivy credits her long life with her ‘medicine’, the glass of Guinness she enjoys each day at 11am, and red wine with her lunch, a tradition she has kept since her 20s.
She is a great lover of animals, especially dogs, and loved to travel in her younger days.
With her birthday less than three weeks away, Ivy’s family is asking for the community to send her a card, wishing her a very happy 102nd birthday.
Cards can be sent to Ivy Moore, Henley House, 333 Henley Road, Ipswich IP1 6TB
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