Chloe Duncan turned 107-years-old on Saturday.
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Ms Duncan’s Mayfield home was packed with relatives from both around Tasmania and the mainland to celebrate.
Her daughter, Dorothy Feesey, said Ms Duncan remembered a time when there were no cars – just horses and carriages.
“She’s come through a lot for 107,” Ms Feesey said.
“Imagine being born in the era of the horse and carriages, and gas lights.
“She’s been through the change-over to electricity.
“Her first baby was born during the Depression, the there was a flood straight after that. He was born in 1929.
“I sat down and started thinking, and writing [about her life], and I thought, ‘Gosh’.
“She’s had 11 children. There’s two of us on the mainland, other than that, the rest of us live here in Tassie.”
Ms Feesey said her memories with her mother were numerous.
“We were more like friends, because I went everywhere with herm” she said.
“I was [child] number five, right in the middle, so the older ones had grown up and the younger ones were still being raised.
“But when we went to town, or the Launceston Cup, I was always there with her.
“I’ve been very close to her.”
Ms Feesey said Ms Duncan had been living in the same house at Mayfield for about 65 years.
“They bought it when it was new,” she said.
“I got married from here. The memories here [at the house] are just countless.
“She is contented with herself. She still lives in her house.
“She says she enjoys her own company.”
Ms Feesey said Ms Duncan was brought up to be “a little lady”.
“She’s always loved dancing. She was a ballet dancer,” she said.
“She was a real homebody. She loved cooking, she loved entertaining. She had a ball.”
Ms Feesey said her parents did everything together.
“It was always mum and dad. One was there, the other was there,” she said.
“He idolised her.”
Ms Feesey said Ms Duncan’s secret to longevity was to “just be happy”.