Watch: 102-year-old celebrates birthday on ice rink in Dorset

A grandmother celebrated her 102nd birthday by ice skating for the first time since she was a girl.

Eileen Pickering took to the rink in Bournemouth after staff at her care home arranged the experience.

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She began skating after ice hockey matches at her local rink in London when she was a young girl but struggled to find a venue for her passion when her family moved to Dorset.

The centurion said skating again felt like a "dream come true".

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