FIVE generations of one family came together to celebrate a great great grandmother’s 90th birthday party.

Hilda Forster, of Lindesy Avenue, Acomb, gathered together all 23 members of her York-based family for the celebration at The Winning Post pub in Bishopthorpe Road.

Hilda was born and bred in Hungate, York, and is the sole surviving member of her nine siblings. She had a son, Dennis, and daughter, June, who was the mother of Hilda’s four grandchildren, but died aged 32.

Her family includes son Dennis aged 61; grandchildren David, 48; Lynn, 47; Karen, 45; and Sandra, 42; nine great grandchildren: Clair, 28; Donna, 27; Sherelle, 23; Emma, 22; Sarah, 21; Billy, 20; Louise, 19; Tom, 16; Robbie, 14; and seven great-great grandchildren: Joe, five; Kiera, five; Letita, four; Chanel, three; Meisha, two; Lennox-Lee, one; and Carl, seven months.

Granddaughter Sandra Murray, of Dringhouses, said: “It was nice for nana to see everybody and she really enjoyed herself.”