18/07/2026
🎉 Celebrating our fabulous Rita’s 100th birthday 🎉
Last week at our Bradway class, we had a very special celebration for one of our wonderful regulars - Rita, who turned 100! 💙
Rita has been part of the Bradway story from the very beginning.
Back in 2020, when CWS took exercise outdoors during the pandemic, Rita spotted one of our sessions taking place in the field next to her garden and decided she wanted to join in - from her garden!
The following week, we moved a little closer to Rita so she could take part more easily… and she invited a friend along too. Each week, Rita brought more people with her, and those outdoor sessions eventually helped inspire the indoor Bradway class we know and love today.
When the class first started at Bradway Community Centre, there were just three attendees - but Rita helped spread the word, and over time it has grown into the fantastic, friendly and sociable group it is today 🌿
To celebrate her 100th birthday, the class was dedicated to Rita, with some of her favourite music from the 30s, 40s and 50s, a singalong, plenty of laughter, and even a game of pass the parcel - or as Jean called it, “manual dexterity exercise” 🤣
And of course, no Bradway celebration would be complete without refreshments, banter, cake and a little Buck’s Fizz 🥂
Rita left as a true celebrity, with cake, balloons and the remaining Buck’s Fizz in hand.
A huge happy 100th birthday to our fabulous Rita - and a special thank you to her lovely daughter Kes for coming along and helping keep things orderly! 💙
What a wonderful celebration for a very special lady.
