Everybody knows that social networking is popular with the younger set. But every generalisation has its exceptions — meet Ivy Bean, 102 years old:

Ivy Bean is a great-grandmother with a difference. At 102 years old she has joined the social networking revolution and become the oldest person on Facebook.

The former mill worker, who was born in Bradford in 1905, showed an interest in the website, after hearing care workers at her home talk about the phenomenon.

… The world has changed radically during Ivy’s lifetime. When she was born … telegrams were the fastest way of communicating and a national telephone network was still seven years away. Ivy would have to wait 46 years until the first computer was invented.

… Care home manager Pat Wright said: ‘We try to keep all our residents independent by letting them use the computer.’

[Via : Meet Ivy Bean - the world's oldest Facebooker aged 102 | Mail Online.]

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