Woman, 104, selling childhood home she's lived in for 102 years - which her parents bought for £200
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 104-year-old woman is finally saying goodbye to her childhood home after living there for more than a century. Nancy ‘Joan’ Gifford is putting her three-bed terraced property up for sale after her parents bought the house for just £200 back in 1921.
Some of the historic events that have happened over the past 102 years include WWII, the invention of the television and the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt, but declining health means that she is sadly moving out into a nursing home.
As she turned 104 this week (March 21), the great grandma's property is now going on the market - and it's worth almost 850 times more than it was when originally bought, with a £169,950 price tag today. READ MORE: Average house price in every area of Greater Manchester as property costs rise again Remembering his childhood at the house, Nancy’s son John said: “When I was a youngster, there were so many lovely families that lived along the road, and we all knew each other. "The times we had as children were fantastic; going across the fields, jumping over ditches, bird nesting, and swimming in the rivers, so many things children don’t do these days.“Back in the day most children our age knew everybody, and we all had an open house, and it was fine to leave your door on the latch.
We were all poor, but everyone was happy.” When Nancy moved in as a two-year-old with her parents, the kitchen, toilet and wash area was open to the elements, while a tin bath hung on the wall outside.
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