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Kenny Macdonald

Sanquhar woman celebrates 100th birthday with a dram

Sanquhar woman Katherine Mushet is looking forward to a dram good 100th birthday today with a glass of Scotland’s national drink.

She worked during WWII as part of the team intercepting secret enemy messages in connection with the famous Bletchley Park code breakers.

Katherine, now a resident of Queensberry Care Home, said: “It was a top secret job and we weren’t allowed to talk about it or we would be punished. We just had to tell people who asked that we were sorry and could not say anything.

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