Nancy Mitchell marked the special occasion with two parties in a row – one day after another.
The proud Portonian enjoyed her day with family and friends at Marchmont House Care Home.
Nancy’s niece Janette Barr, 72, said: “We had a lovely party. We had family up from England and her close friends came down from Aberdeen.
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“She’s remarkable. She doesn’t believe she is 100. I always told her she would get a telegram from the Queen, though in the end it was a card from King Charles instead of Queen Elizabeth.
“It was a lovely tribute to her.”
Guests enjoyed sandwiches, party food and bubbly at the double celebration.
Nancy was born and bred in Port Glasgow and attended the town’s Jean Street School.
When she left school she worked in the Co-operative in the town, originally in the shop and later in the office.
In 1958 she left Inverclyde to work as a nanny in New York, where she stayed for seven years.
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Janette said: “She had a wonderful experience in America. I remember her visiting my family on trips home. It took her six weeks to travel there on the ship. I’ve seen the pictures, it looks amazing.”
When her sister died, however, Nancy returned to Port Glasgow to look after her mother, and went back to work at the Co-op.
The centenarian was still living in her own home, in Station Road, until four years ago, when her health failed a wee bit and she needed more support.
“She is amazing,” Janette said. “She still gets around, and gets up for a wee dance. She always has a smile on her face and is in good spirits.
“If she has something to tell you, she won’t hold back.
“She enjoyed her holidays. she liked going to Spain with her friend and her husband.
“She loved her party and seeing everyone and sharing her memories and hearing about who was who and their family trees.
“I am one of six, so all my siblings were there along with all our families.”
Nancy was also an avid church-goer and attended, what is now the New Parish Church in Princes Street and was also active in the Women’s Guild.
Asking what she thinks is her aunt’s secret of long life is, Janette quipped: “She never married and never had the stress of children!
“She is fit as a fiddle, she always ate healthily and loved a wee whisky – the water of life – and a wee glass of wine. She just enjoyed life.”