YOUNGSTERS from Tibberton and Hindlip First Schools have been finding out what it is like to live for 90 years in the run up to The Queen’s birthday.
The group, which gets together to record a school radio programme each week, recorded an interview with Roly Morris from Tibberton about his long life.
The 94-year-old was one of 8 siblings who grew up on a farm in Monmouthshire before moving to Worcestershire with his family and as a young married man, he took over Lower Smite Farm, near Tibberton.
The children were enthralled by the nonagenarian’s stories and learnt how he lost an eye as a child playing bows and arrows and that the first time he watched TV was when he saw The Queen’s Coronation in 1953.
They were also amazed by all the changes Mr Morris had seen and Erin, a farmer’s daughter herself, could not believe nearly all the jobs on the farm were done by hand until the 1950s.
The interview will be played to the rest of the children at both schools and will be part of a radio programme created for the Queen’s birthday.
All year four children at Hindlip and Tibberton First Schools get a chance to take part in the Radio Club and make radio programmes on different themes.
Tibberton Head of School, Alex Gromski said, ‘It was a real privilege for the children to meet and interview Mr Morris – a truly special morning for our youngsters. “The experience of listening to and recording his memories will stay with them for a long time.
“They had so many questions to ask that we ran over our allotted slot and were late for lunch.”
