‘I don’t ever want to stop’: Great-gran Ada still works full-time at 94 and has no plans to retire despite breaking her hip last year

December 25th, 2011

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Ada Hostler ignored doctors’ advice to quit job as nursery administrator

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Simon Tomlinson

Last updated at 8:21 PM on 24th December 2011

Sprightly Ada Hostler is thought to be the oldest female employee in the UK – still working full-time at the ripe old age of 94.

The great-grandmother has stunned family and friends by insisting she wants to continue putting in a 45-hour week despite breaking her hip last year.

She has been an administrator for Portsmouth-based Storytime Nursery, run by her daughter Janet Storey, 63, for 19 years.

Never wants to retire: Ada Hostler, 94, surrounded by staff, family and children at Portsmouth-based Storytime Nursery, where she works 45 hours a week as an administrator

'The children keep me going': Ada with two of the nursery kids, Eleanor Hatley (left) and Oliver Goodenough

‘The children keep me going’: Ada with two of the nursery kids, Eleanor Hatley (left) and Oliver Goodenough

She works from 8am until 6pm five days of the week and has no plans to retire – ignoring doctors’ advice to quit following her injury.

Mrs Hostler, from Portsmouth, Hants, lives by the motto ‘you’re a long time dead’ and even says she’s irritated by weekends – because she wants to work.

She added: ‘I never thought I would still be working in my 90s, I take one day at a time.

‘But I don’t ever want to stop. I get cross when it’s the weekend because I want to go back to work.

‘Doing all the figures helps keep my brain active and makes me feel younger.

‘It’s the children that keep me going. I love being around them. They are great company.’

Born to work: Ada (third left in white dress), pictured in 1926, started out as a teacher but had to move into office work after the outbreak of the Second World War

Ada was born in Naples, Italy, and trained as a teacher, but was forced to move in to office work after the outbreak of the Second World War.

During the war she met and fell in love with her future husband Peter, a sailor from Portsmouth.

The couple married in Italy after the war was over and moved to Portsmouth together in 1945 when Ada was 26.

Janet said: ‘My mother has always been very active, she never stopped when she was younger.

‘She enjoys the hustle and bustle of a busy life and I think that’s why she loves the nursery so much.’

Romance: Ada, on her wedding day in Italy in 1945 with husband Peter Hostler, a Portsmouth sailor with whom she fell in love with during the war

Just last year Ada broke her hip and doctors said she would have to give up work as she would struggle to get around.

But within months she was up and walking again, with the help of a frame.

Widowed Mrs Hostler added: ‘I want to make the most out of life. You are dead a long time and don’t have much time to live in comparison.

‘I want to make sure that I enjoy all the time I have left.’

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good on you old girl, me come febuary i’ve worked for fifty years none stop ,thirty seven of them as a seaman,may you carry on as long has you can dear, i’m afraid its the old rocking chair for me, merry christmas

– terry, a bosun on a ship at sea, 25/12/2011 11:06

Good on you girl your an example to us all
bill, Larne,
each to their own bill there is always one but the living proof is she is not the norm. She is fortunate she doesnt abide around the corner from me in the dementia home for biddies. Bet they wouldnt want to be working if they had known what was awaiting them around the corner its still a big world out there.

– mai , la la land, 25/12/2011 08:26

Meanwhile all those greedy public sector workers can think about is their pension, paid for by the tax payer, so they can give up work early.
Just watch how quickly they grow old doing nothing in their cosy retirement. Not many will reach 90.
Work for as long as you can, from what I can see retirement is not all its cracked up to be.

– Rocky, Edinburgh, 25/12/2011 07:57

Puts the layabouts to shame… Feeling productive and loving what you do is great for the mental health and longevity….good ony Ada

– Natalie Stevenson, Dublin, Ireland, 25/12/2011 07:34

@ AL, Lincs, 24/12/2011 23:23 – “You’re a long time dead”, and yet she’s spending her retirement working. Ironic.”
If you enjoy your work, then its worth a lot of money. She obviously does, it keeps her happy and useful. Where’s the irony in that?

– KeithS, Cheltenham UK, 25/12/2011 07:08

Good for you Ada. It is the best feeling in the world to be needed. I hope you have many more happy days.

– Pricilla, West Oxfordshire, 25/12/2011 07:03

All those kids…but where are all the Dads? There is only one man in the picture. Welcome to family life in 2011 – that’s the real story of how things have changed in 94 years. – Liz, Boston, USA, 25/12/2011 02:55 – I would suggest you read the story properly before commenting – the caption under the picture clearly says:- ” Ada Hostler, 94, surrounded by staff, family and children at Portsmouth-based Storytime Nursery, where she works 45 hours a week as an administrator”
– Janice, Hertford, 25/12/2011 05:07
Well said Janet. Liz education FAIL.
Neither is she fat and probably neither has she ever claimed a single penny in benefits from sitting on her backside on benefits………. Good on her. She should be made minister for the DWP get some of the work shy back to work.
People who retire at 65 are often dead within 10-15 years and in poverty too. No retirement for me. Work keeps you sharp and fit. Lethargy, sloth, idleness and over eating are killers.

– Anne, Peterborough, 25/12/2011 06:21

– Janice, Hertford, 25/12/2011 05:07

What an awesome lady!

– Yorkshire Lass, Up North, 25/12/2011 03:25

All those kids…but where are all the Dads?
There is only one man in the picture.
Welcome to family life in 2011 – that’s the real story of how things have changed in 94 years.

– Liz, Boston, USA, 25/12/2011 02:55

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