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A special celebration has been held at the Home of Comfort Nursing Home, Southsea, as staff and residents marked its 125th anniversary.

A birthday party with tea, cake and a host of fun-filled entertainment was provided to the home’s 28 residents and team of ‘exceptional’ staff at the charitable registered home at Victoria Grove.

The home was founded in 1896 by Deaconess Mother Emma Marrett Day when she grew concerned about the many lonely people who had no one to care for them at the end of their lives. And after moving to London in her 20s Emma discovered there was nothing comparable in Portsmouth, to which she moved in 1884, to support its growing population.

Southsea charitable nursing home marks 125 years of 'exceptional' care