A CARE home resident from Eastcote fulfilled her lifelong dream to drive – at the age of 92.

Vera Creasy, of Care UK’s Whitby Dene home in Whitby Road, has just had her very first driving lesson.

Vera says she always felt left out by being unable to drive.

After moving to Whitby Dene, she made a wish through the home’s wishing tree scheme, which allows residents to submit their dreams.  

Home manager Saad Baig set to work to make it come true. He got in touch with the manager of the Young Driver school, in Hillingdon, who agreed to give Vera her first lesson.

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Saad said: “Our wishing tree is a wonderful way to understand our residents better and see what is really meaningful to them. It is fantastic to be able to make their wishes come true.

“Driving has always been one of Vera’s unfulfilled life aspirations, and at the age of 92 it was fantastic to make this a reality.

“She was thrilled when she came back from her first lesson as it was something she thought she’d never get the chance to do!”

Vera, a former secretary at Kodak, was married to Edward, with whom she had a son, Alan, and a daughter, Paula. She has four grandchildren.

Vera also enjoys sports, including hockey, tennis, and table tennis. She moved to Whitby Dene last September.