Chongyang Festival: These elderly people prove age is just a number

A "thrilled" woman's dream came true after she had her first-ever driving lesson- at 92 years old. Vera Creasy has always felt left out being the only member of her family unable to drive.

When the former Kodak secretary was growing up there was no money or time to learn. Then Vera met her husband and because he could drive and life got in the way she never learned. But recently the grandmother-of-four made a wish through her care home's wishing tree scheme.

The scheme allows its elderly residents to write down their dreams and submit them. Previously, the home has even managed to arrange a meeting with the Pope for one of their resident.

As soon as he saw Vera's wish the home manager at Whitby Dene, Saad Baig, set to work to make it come true. He got in touch with the manager of the Young Driver driving school in Hillingdon, who agreed to give Vera her first driving lesson. Baig, said: "Every resident is different, and we like to make sure they all feel at home here at Whitby Dene."