Seaboard over-90s making headlines

It has been a busy week for some of the more senior ladies in the Seaboard Villages of Hilton, Balintore and Shandwick.

The three villages boast 17 women in their 90th year and older, with their longevity attributed to a life of hard work, fresh air, no smoking and only the occasional alcoholic drink. Nine of the women got together on Wednesday in the Memorial Hall in Balintore, where they were interviewed and photographed for a feature in Thursday's Press & Journal.

The story was then picked up by the Daily Mail, and on Friday afternoon the BBC came to speak to three of the women, one from each village.

This photo shows Barbara Skinner (90) of Balintore, Isabella Vass (91) of Shandwick and Katie Ross (90) of Hilton, in the living room of Barbara's home with BBC Scotland reporter Craig Anderson and cameraman Norman Strachan. No doubt many video recorders were whirring in the villages that evening when the three ladies were featured on the Scottish national news.