FORGET slowing down and staying in, a new generation of grandmas are proving that there’s no age limit to being fierce and fabulous. 'Why shouldn’t I go partying in Ibiza?’ Joan Higham, 81, lives in Hindley, Wigan 7 Joan Higham won't let age stop her from partying in Ibiza 7 Joan with her granddaughters on the Spanish party island this year “As the beat throbs through the speakers, I look at the people dancing in the Ibiza sunshine. Then I’m on my feet, too.
I may be the oldest person here by decades, but I don’t care. I know that every day counts. I’ve always loved dancing.
As a teenager, I’d be at the local dancehall with my girlfriends every Saturday night, sporting a dress I’d made myself. In 1958, I was 15 and tapping my feet along to the rock ’n’ roll music when a handsome man called Johnny asked me to dance. He was 21, kind and a great mover.
Walking me home that night, he told me he’d be back at the dancehall the following week. I knew he was special. READ MORE ON AGEING DRINK TO THAT People always ask if I get Botox but I don't - I have an anti-ageing drink We got engaged when I was 18, and were married in 1962.
I had my daughter Julie, now 60, in 1964, and Jayne, now 58, in 1966. I loved being a mum, and by then, Johnny and I ran a local pub together, so we didn’t have much time off. ‘People wanted to know about the older woman having a great time’ I was so excited to become a grandma when Martin was born in 1992, followed by Vanessa in.