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100th birthday present! for a very old (obviously) uncle...

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:09

We're soon going to see my great uncle who will be 100 this month! I want to take him something nice but it's hard as he's very frail, lives in a nursing home, cannnot do much and really has everything he needs. Chocolates and sweets upset his digestion, otherwise I'd get him nice chocs. Will get DS to do him a card, but has anyone got any brilliant idea or know of a gift that's gone down well with someone of great age and living in a home?

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Nip · 04/04/2007 13:11

For my great grandmothers 100th birthday we made a huge framed family tree with photos of everyone on. It didnt take that long and she loved it.

littleEasterlapin · 04/04/2007 13:13

I was going to say something he can look at over and over... a family tree is a great idea, or a scrapbook with lots of memories - not just family photos, but headlines from the main events of the past century... Google should see you right.

100 - how fantastic!

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:19

Thanks, these are lovely ideas. We don't have much time at all but could get together a photo album or frame with pics of DS.

Family tree is huge and incredibly complicated! The majority of his 7 siblings also lived to be 100 - he is the last

But also

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custy · 04/04/2007 13:19

i think the best pressie i ever got my nan was a large photo album with lots of photos in and i left some at the end for her to add - and i send up photos so she can add them

my other thought was - how about a magazine subscription?

he can pass the mags on to other ressies then and spread the enjoyment

Marina · 04/04/2007 13:21

Is someone getting him a newspaper from the day of his birth? I am sure The Times has a back copy service.
Congratulations to him snowleopard. We had two centenarians and four codgers into their 90s amongst my dad's uncles and aunts, it's an occasion well worth feting!

glassslipper · 04/04/2007 13:22

can you get a tape recorder and make a tape of lots of relatives saying hello, happy birthday, we love you etc?

littleEasterlapin · 04/04/2007 13:22

or a video?

Walnutshell · 04/04/2007 13:25

CREASING at the title of this thread.

Gosh, I hope you've inherited the age gene!

Memory evoking stuff sounds best and may provide very interesting conversations during your visit too.

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:25

Thanks for these too. Unfortunately he can't really read (unless huge print) or listen (as very deaf) which is frustrating for him - so pics is probably the way to go.

Marina it's codger central in my family too. One of my great-uncle's brothers lived to 105! You can tell my great-uncle is seeing it as a huge achievement and is very excited and it's so sweet when he is with DS who's still only 1!

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motherinferior · 04/04/2007 13:25

Would he appreciate something like a pin-up from the 1930s?

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:27

Nice idea MI! but he's devoutly religious, somehow wouldn't seem quite right...

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littleEasterlapin · 04/04/2007 13:28

A really nice, VERY LARGE PRINT Bible?

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:29

He has that very thing already Lapin and is rarely seen without it! Otherwise it would be perfect...

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:31

The sad thing is he adores sweets and I'd love to shower him with special easter chocs... but I know it would be bad news.

This thread has really made me look forward to seeing him even more!

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littleEasterlapin · 04/04/2007 13:33

A bit random, but perhaps if you donated via Cafod or Christian Aid, you know, one of those "Buy a village a goat" things - in his name - and then told him about it... would he like that?

custy · 04/04/2007 13:36

i get my nan large print books off amazon.

she is muchly impressed that her last elizabeth George book came from America

more so than with the book itself!

MintChocChippyMinton · 04/04/2007 13:39

For my grandmother's 100th, my sister put together a book of family photos - ranging from great granny down to great grandchildren, brothers and sisters and friends, houses she'd lived, school reports etc etc. Then had several copies printed and bound for all the family to keep as well. That went down very well, but bottles of whisky were also well appreciated

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snowleopard · 04/04/2007 13:39

Thanks so much everyone - I have to get back to work but will be back later...

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Mirage · 04/04/2007 20:05

What about one of those books of old photographs?I think you can get them for different towns/areas.My gran used to like them as they reminded her of her youth.

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