Scots centenarian set for boogie bus party after spending 100th birthday alone in lockdown

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A Scots centenarian is set to party on a boogie bus after spending her 100th birthday alone in lockdown. Edna Clayton didn't even receive her card from the Queen last January due to an error which meant the Glasgow pensioner wasn't on the system.

After hearing the news Hector House Care Home, where Edna is a resident, launched an appeal for locals to send cards ahead of her 101st birthday this month in a bid to make this year's celebrations extra special.Angela Todd, manager at the care home, says her request has since gone viral on social media leaving the OAP "overwhelmed".Edna - who says she's never had a birthday party - is now set to mark the milestone on January 31 with a complimentary boogie bus tour around her old hometown.Angela told the Record: "Edna came in to the care home in August 2021 and we noticed her date of birth straight away.

We were all excited to be getting a 100-year-old in."One of the first things I asked her was about what she did for her birthday - but she said she did nothing."Her neighbours did a whip round and got her a new television but she couldn't go out because we were in lockdown."She's not got any family, other than her son who is in sheltered accommodation and has Down's Syndrome."Coming up for her birthday I just thought, this is awful.

This poor woman sat on her 100th birthday on her own, with nothing except a wee card through the door from the neighbours."The community here are wonderful so I thought I'd put a wee post on the Facebook to see if any locals would be up for putting a wee card through the door - and it just went viral."Floods of cards and presents since have been coming through the door since Angela launched the appeal at the weekend.She said: "At first I was going