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A colony assemblage successful Kent came unneurotic to observe a peculiar idiosyncratic calved connected Christmas Day.
Gladys Banks - dubbed the Queen of Borough Green - turns 108 today, and enjoyed a thoroughfare enactment held successful her honour.
The full assemblage gathered successful the thoroughfare extracurricular Gladys' beforehand plot for an aboriginal bash connected 30 November during their Christmas lights power connected and treated her to a day cake, champagne and music, portion the ample assemblage sang Happy Birthday.
Abba instrumentality Gladys, who danced successful her seat holding a solid of fizz, said: "The radical present successful Borough Green are truthful bully to me. I'm the Queen of Borough Green, you know, truthful I practise my wave!"
The assemblage has thrown her a enactment each twelvemonth since she turned 100.
"I cognize there's tons of aged ladies that astir apt don't spot anybody from 1 week to another," said great-grandmother Gladys, who was calved successful 1916 successful the mediate of World War One.
"I'm precise fortunate here."
Becky Holdstock, who organises the parties for Gladys, said: "I conscionable adore her. You tin inactive speech to her similar a friend, she's got everything that you'd perchance ever privation astatine 108.
"She's the astir loveliest woman I've ever met successful my life. She inactive goes retired - she does much than me."
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