Post by harrytom on Jun 29, 2023 13:06:57 GMT 12
www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12219609/Lobster-Lady-celebrates-103rd-birthday-hauling-traps.html
A woman who has been hauling lobster traps for nearly a century has celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Virginia Oliver, who lives in Rockland, Maine, first began lobstering at just eight years old after going to sea with her father and older brother.
She was keen to continue the family tradition and now, 95 years later, has become something of a celebrity in her hometown.
A woman who has been hauling lobster traps for nearly a century has celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Virginia Oliver, who lives in Rockland, Maine, first began lobstering at just eight years old after going to sea with her father and older brother.
She was keen to continue the family tradition and now, 95 years later, has become something of a celebrity in her hometown.
