Barbara Simpson from Ebor Court care home in York recently celebrated her 104th birthday with family and friends over tea and cake. Barbara, born in July of 1920, was the second of five children in her family. Leaving school at age 14, Barbara went to work...
98-year-old veteran and aircraft construction worker Gordon Walsh from Ebor Court care home was invited to the Yorkshire Air Museum to celebrate the anniversary of the Blackburn Buccaneer’s withdrawal from service. After serving in The Royal Corps of Signals for four years from the age of...
Ebor Court care home resident, Barbara Chapman (83), has been sharing her inspirational journey of recovery after experiencing a stroke in honour of International Women’s Day. According to Brain Research UK, two thirds of stroke survivors leave hospital with a disability, but Barbara wants to tell...
95-year-old Marie Wilkinson from Ebor Court care home has been sharing the tale of how she met her late husband, Joe, in honour of Valentine’s Day. In Spring 1948, Marie and Joe met at a dance at The Folk Hall in New Earswick. Joe was in...
Ebor Court care home in York is partnering up with York Foodbank this Christmas to offer support to their local community. With the use of food banks in the UK at an all-time high, the residents and staff at Ebor Court are asking their friends and...
Residents at Ebor Court in York are thanking their community for gifting over 1,500 books to the home’s new library. When the residents expressed their wishes for more novels and autobiographies to read, the staff at Ebor Court put a call out on social media to...
Staff and residents from Ebor Court care home in York channelled their inner Fred and Ginger at the home’s first ever Vintage Tea Dance. Taking place in the care home’s lounge, staff, residents and guests dressed in their best 50s outfits, put on their blue suede...
92-year-old Brenda Binns had the ‘perfect day’ when her care home, Ebor Court in York, organised a family dinner for her and her husband Bob’s 71st wedding anniversary. Brenda and Bob (93) married in 1952 at St Pauls church in Holgate, York. At the time, Bob...
Two students from Applefields School in York, which offers secondary education to young adults with additional needs, have become regular volunteers at residential and dementia care home, Ebor Court. Jessie Kay and Alicia Gurnell, who are both 16 years old, volunteered to help at Ebor Court...
In honour of the coronation of King Charles III, 87-year-old Brian Kesteven has been sharing the story of how he cycled over 100 miles to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, Brian, who lives at Ebor...