Barbara Edwards of London, Ont., made a triumphant return to a community pool on Thursday to celebrate her 100th birthday.
“It’s a wonderful place,” said Edwards, who this week came ready for a 9:30 am City of London aquafit class, wearing her bathing suit under her clothes. “I’ve had good times here.”
Edwards had been attending classes at the pool three times a week for some 28 years years. She began the water workouts in her 70s, but then the pandemic suddenly halted them and other indoor activities.
Edwards moved in with her son, out of the home where she lived alone until she was 97,
