Mary Thomas, East Preston community member
People showed at the East Preston Recreation Centre this week to mark the 105th birthday of Liza Brooks. She was born on May 15, 1919.Some local residents gathered this week at the East Preston Recreation Centre to mark a special birthday. Liza Brooks turned 105 on Wednesday. She was born on May 15, 1919. Feleshia Chandler reports.Liza Brooks turned 105 on Wednesday. She was born on May 15, 1919.
Thomas was among many to show up to the surprise party at the East Preston Recreation Centre in the small community about 20 kilometres east of Halifax. Most had a story to tell. "Sometimes we had food and sometimes we didn't.... We got to fighting every day in school. Teacher had to send me home." "Look around," Thomas said. "I think she's left a great legacy. And to all other younger people who are left behind, take from what she has taught, take it to your families, come together.""Taking a walk, and coming back in the house and having a cup of tea," Brooks told CBC News at her party. "I go to bed at 12 a.m. and I don't get up until 10."'I thank God I'm still alive and I'm still going,' she said.
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