The UK’s oldest ‘tweeter’, Ivy Bean, was laid to rest today.

Family, friends and fellow tweeters gathered at Nab Wood cemetery to say their final farewells to Bradford’s own silver-surfing legend.

The 104-year-old great-grandma, who became famous for as the oldest user of social networking website Twitter, died peacefully last week after a short illness.

The small but sincere crowd, which included her carers from Hillside Manor Residential Home, hushed as her coffin arrived.

It was decked with floral tributes and photographs of her celebrating her 100th birthday.

Another picture showed Ivy dressed in a lilac outfit at a grandson’s wedding.

Among the mourners, clutching a bouquet, was 36-year-old Sarah Firth who made the 130-mile-trip from Lincolnshire to pay her respects.

On her card she wrote: “You were in my life only a brief moment of yours but I will never forget you. You touched so many lives.”

The youngest person there was Ivy’s five-month-old great granddaughter Gabriella Ledgard.

The Reverend Ray Biddiss, who led the celebration of Ivy’s life, said: “We could be here for hours with all the memories Ivy has left us. She had a wonderful long life and we’re here to honour her.”

Her grandson’s wife Fiona Ledgard read out a poignant self-penned poem which included Ivy’s favourite things – Peter Andre, Facebook, Twitter, fish and chips, Yorkshire parkin and cups of tea.

“We really were all blessed to have shared your life,” she said.

At the end of the service, mourners listened to Peter Andre’s sentimental song Unconditional before giving Ivy a round of applause.

Ivy was 102 when she logged on to Facebook for the first time, swiftly moving onto Twitter too where she had more than 50,000 followers including a line of celebrities such as Peter Andre, Stephen Fry, Chris Evans and Callum Best. Tributes have come from around the world.

Her daughter, Sandra Logan, said: “Mum was always there for me, just like she was there for everyone on Facebook and Twitter, she was everyone’s mum and grandma.

“She had so much love to give that she had enough to share around the world.”