A 98-year-old woman who still works at the chip shop she opened with her late husband in the 1920s has been made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours.Constance Brown has been recognised for services to business and the community of Pembroke in west Wales.
Among those receiving awards in the region is Margaret Thrush, a street collector from Mumbles who has raised over £1m for charity in 50 years.
Carmarthenshire Council leader Meryl Gravell has also been made an OBE.
Constance Brown, who continues to work at the family-run Brown's Cafe in Pembroke, turns 99 in August.
Her daughter-in-law, Glenys Brown, said she broke the news to her gently so as not to shock her too much.
what kind of awards are they..?cool...for them..
ReplyDeleteMBE & OBE are Member & Order of the the British Empire, the next best thing to being Knighted. The Queen hands them out on her birthdays and Christmas.
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