The 103-year-old still comes in one day a week to the Friends Café in Ealing Hospital. She started working in the café as a sprightly 80-year-old in 2003, preparing food and working on the till. “I’ve made a fair few sandwiches in my time,” she said, “but I really enjoy the social side of it. She survived the Blitz during World War Two, including being bombed out of her home, and helped the war effort by sewing barrage balloons. “Volunteering gave me a new lease on life and it is something I would recommend to anyone regardless of their age.”Ann Cousins, who runs the Friends Café, added: “Beryl is a bit of an institution in the hospital.