Dancing Queen Gladys turns 108 on Christmas Day
A village community in Kent came together to celebrate a special person born on Christmas Day.
Gladys Banks - dubbed the Queen of Borough Green - turns 108 today, and enjoyed a street party held in her honour.
The whole community gathered in the street outside Gladys' front garden for an early bash on 30 November during their Christmas lights switch on and treated her to a birthday cake, champagne and music, while the large crowd sang Happy Birthday.
Abba fan Gladys, who danced in her chair holding a glass of fizz, said: "The people here in Borough Green are so good to me. I'm the Queen of Borough Green, you know, so I practise my wave!"
The community has thrown her a party every year since she turned 100.
"I know there's lots of old ladies that probably don't see anybody from one week to another," said great-grandmother Gladys, who was born in 1916 in the middle of World War One.
"I'm very lucky here."
Becky Holdstock, who organises the parties for Gladys, said: "I just adore her. You can still talk to her like a friend, she's got everything that you'd possibly ever want at 108.
"She's the most loveliest lady I've ever met in my life. She still goes out - she does more than me."
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