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SURVIVING A PANDEMIC AT 108!

At the age of 108, Winifred Burgoyne has already lived through countless historic events, including the sinking of the Titanic and two World Wars.

The great-grandma of two also survived the devastating Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people.

Now, more than 100 years later, the world has been brought to its knees by another global pandemic – prompting the inspirational centenarian

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