Around this time a decade ago, a bar full of family, neighbours and friends at 'The Fountain' wished Michael 'Mikey' Conway a happy 80th birthday and they wished him many more.
They got their wish and now 10 years he's marking his 90th and looking and sounding more like a man half of his age.
There would be one hell of a party but for the bind we find ourselves in now.
However, Mikey has been getting calls from Bradford and Huddersfield and Manchester not to mention those from here at home.
After wishing him well, his callers from across the Irish Sea are also filling him in on the weather they're having over there and it's ranging from really deep snow to serious flooding of streets and houses in their neighbourhoods.