According to the latest
news, Scotland’s oldest woman has died She died peacefully on April 19 at Archview Lodge care home in Dalkeith, Midlothian at the age of 109.
Annie Lean was born on
November 3, 1909, and grew up in a small village, Fushiebridge, Midlothian,
where there was no electricity or sewage system.
Water had to be drawn from
a well opposite the family home she shared with her younger sister, three
brothers and her parents.
Her father worked at sea
before returning to the mainland to work as a miner, but broke his back and had
to wear a metal support for the rest of his life.
Mrs Lean’s mother, a
midwife, delivered 92 babies during her career, proudly losing none.
The family moved to another
village, Temple, Midlothian, and after leaving school, she took up a job as a
home helper for a doctor and his wife in Trinity.
She later worked as a
silver table maid with shipping company Salveson, and as a shop worker in
Edinburgh.
In 1932, she married garage
mechanic Tommy Lean, an active Labour supporter who became a provost. She
supported him by going out canvassing.
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They had a daughter,
Evelyn, and three sons, Tom and the late Jim and John.
Speaking at his mother’s
birthday in November, Tom said: "Mum was always out canvassing for Labour
votes when elections were coming up.
“She was very active all
her life and she was still driving until she was 90 when she was registered
blind."
The couple retired to
Galashiels, Scottish Borders, where they opened a bed and breakfast.
At the age of 74, Mrs Lean
learned to swim and eventually completed a marathon over several days.
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