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She added home cooking with fresh onions had helped too. She said: “They keep me going. They’re good for the skin too.” Mrs Bastin, of Glastonbury, Somerset, was born on May 3, 1908, in Devon as one of seven children. She met her husband Alf in 1933 and they were happily married for 50 years.

APEX Daisy Bastin credits onions as one of the reasons behind her long life

They had a son, whom she also outlived. Mrs Bastin said: “I always loved to go dancing with my husband and have fond memories of a trip up to Blackpool we would take every year with some friends to dance.” Her father, husband and son all served in the Armed Forces and Daisy has clear memories of the First and Second World Wars. She said: “My father and my husband fought in the great wars and both of them were badly injured but they both survived.

APEX Daisy and husband Alf were happily married for 50 years

The secret to a long life is to just be happy and enjoy your time with friends Daisy Bastin