{"id":84054,"date":"2023-11-03T00:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=84054"},"modified":"2023-11-03T00:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:15:22","slug":"three-friends-all-over-100-reveal-secret-to-long-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/three-friends-all-over-100-reveal-secret-to-long-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Three friends all over 100 reveal secret to long life"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Daisy, 103, Irene, 101, and Phyllis, 103, reveal the secret to a long life &#8211; keeping a toy boy nearby!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Daisy, 103, Irene, 101 and Phyllis, 103, say they still laugh and &#8216;enjoy life&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Healthy centenarians share a sense of purpose and positivity\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Three friends all aged over 100 have revealed their secrets to living a long life , which includes keeping a &#8216;toy boy nearby&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Daisy, 103, Irene, 101 and Phyllis, 103, who all live in the same care home at Manor Lodge in Chelmsford, Essex, say they still laugh and &#8216;enjoy life to the fullest&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Each woman has been through her own fair share of triumph and torture\u00a0 including living through world wars and losing loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>But they now\u00a0 say\u00a0<span>happiness, staying active, spending time with family, getting fresh air and nature are other keys to helping live a long life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Daisy Taylor, turning 104 this month, said she makes the most of every day and loves having her large family around her to do this with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339645-12703377-image-a-77_1698958978517.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Daisy, 103, Irene, 101 and Phyllis, 103, who all live in the same care home at Manor Lodge in Chelmsford, Essex, say they still laugh and &#8216;enjoy life to the fullest&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339639-12703377-image-a-78_1698959082885.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Daisy Taylor, turning 104 this month, said she makes the most of every day and loves having her large family around her to do this with<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;We all meet and we enjoy life \u2013 I look forward to it. I live life to the full. I&#8217;m always on the go, I don&#8217;t like sitting around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sitting in a chair is not my scene really, but&#8217;s it&#8217;s come to that now! But the carers keep me busy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Daisy, who has two daughters, one son, 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, admits she has always loved to keep active.<\/p>\n<p>Her carers says she &#8216;walks to and from the dining room and is very speedy in activities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>They say both Daisy and Phyliss are the oldest people to attend our movement to music and be able to participate fully.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Daisy said: &#8216;I like doing things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Yoga, dancing, cycling, I&#8217;ve always been to exercise classes and mixing with people is a nice thing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Daisy says she met her husband named Ramon at just 19-years-old during a dance &#8211; the pair were married 39 years before he passed away at just 60.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339647-12703377-image-a-79_1698959095346.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Daisy (centre) who has two daughters, one son, 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, admits she has always loved to keep active<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339633-12703377-image-a-80_1698959102935.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Irene Rankin (left)\u00a0 describes herself as an &#8216;easygoing&#8217; soul who &#8216;gets on well with mostly everything<\/p>\n<p>But she confesses she &#8216;has a toyboy in another local care home who is 96.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Irene Rankin describes herself as an &#8216;easygoing&#8217; soul who &#8216;gets on well with mostly everything&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Irene, born in Clapton, London, says she has always loved being outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I like to be in the fresh air, beside the seaside, in nature \u2013 I remember walking for miles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The animals and the plants have always taken my fancy because they are living creatures.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Irene, who worked with machines in upholstery &#8211; the same job as Daisy, has always thrown herself into her hobbies and things that make her happy, admitting there &#8216;aren&#8217;t many things [she] dislikes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339635-12703377-image-a-81_1698959108112.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Irene (left)\u00a0 born in Clapton, London, says she has always loved being outdoors<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/02\/21\/77339637-12703377-image-a-83_1698959118718.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Daisy, who has two daughters, one son, 10 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, admits she has always loved to keep active<\/p>\n<p>Irene, who used to be captain of her school swimming team, explained: &#8216;I have always loved swimming and diving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Cooking, my gardening \u2013 whatever I&#8217;m doing I like it to look nice.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But the Doris Day fan says one of her biggest loves in life is music &#8211; &#8216;anything music&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Irene&#8217;s carers at Manor Lodge say the joyful lady &#8216;dances all the time&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Irene said: &#8216;I like to sing in my own way! Music always brings back such lovely memories and I thoroughly enjoy it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dancing, laughter and joining in are things I have lived by.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis Cottrell loves her knitting and still teaches people to knit now \u2013 at 103-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>Much like her two friends, Phyllis has always been active and &#8216;cannot stand not doing anything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two from East London met her first husband at 18, but he passed away shortly after their wedding after leaving the country to fight in the war.<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis raised her daughter on her own for four years, before meeting Charles, who she endearingly named &#8216;Red&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis, who had her second daughter with Red, said: &#8216;I was happily married for 73 years and one of my greatest achievements was finding love again with Red.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She was not only a mother but worked in many different fields, including a dinner lady, running a laundry, initially joining Dorothy Perkins as a cleaner and ending up as a salesperson, model &#8211; and retired when she was 80.<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis, who now has three grandchildren, says living and eating healthily is very important.<\/p>\n<p>She explained: &#8216;I used to tell the children that they must eat their greens! But it was just being with people and my family that makes me happy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Phyllis, now living with dementia, says if she could give advice on how to live a long and happy life, it would be to &#8216;be kind and optimistic \u2013 positive attitude is the key to life.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;Also keep yourself warm in the winter!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12703377\/live-100-toyboy-nearby.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daisy, 103, Irene, 101, and Phyllis, 103, reveal the secret to a long life &#8211; keeping a toy boy nearby!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three friends all over 100 reveal secret to long life - happy LifeStyle inc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/three-friends-all-over-100-reveal-secret-to-long-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three friends all over 100 reveal secret to long life - happy LifeStyle inc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Daisy, 103, Irene, 101, and Phyllis, 103, reveal the secret to a long life &#8211; 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