Coventry Blitz survivor celebrates 99th birthday

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Mary Lock has been celebrating her 99th birthday, and has been telling BBC CWR about her life living in Coventry and Warwickshire. Mary was Coventry's first ever female fire guard, she ran two of Rugby's most popular wool shops and, in more recent times, she's raised money for the Hospital of St Cross in Rugby. When she was just 17, on 14th November 1940, her home on Three Spires Avenue was destroyed in the Coventry Blitz. BBC CWR's James Aldred went to meet her to reflect on that night, and her very special birthday.