A COUPLE from Stranorlar were delighted to find out that they have been named the ‘Grandparents of the Year’.
Bonnie and Aubrey Oliver were nominated by their 11-year-old granddaughter Emma Boyle who lives close to their home at Dunwiley. The competition was run by Friends of the Elderly in conjunction with Cadbury’s Roses and the winners were officially announced on National Grandparents Day last Sunday.
Emma’s entry was picked from thousands which were submitted. And judges were impressed with her Writing about why her grandparents should be the grandparents of the year, Emma said: “Because they look after me and my big brother when our parents are at work. They take us to school, help us with our homework, play games with us like snakes and ladders and ludo and monopoly.
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