A WOMAN who turned 100 in Winchester puts her long life down to shunning "mucky food".
Win Brainwood said fresh produce, particularly vegetables, had kept her healthy.
She was born on May 7, 1908, as Win Gregory in East Ham, and was the eldest of three siblings.
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During World War One, she remembers zeppelins flying over London, and even one of them crashing.
"It came down around three or four miles away, but it was so large, it looked like it was in the next street."
After leaving school she trained as a milliner, and later made hats in the backrooms of Harrods in the West End.
She added that several famous customers, including royalty, visited the store, but she never had the chance to speak to them.
She married her husband, Archibald, known as Arch, in 1930. He lived in the neighbouring house when they were children, but his parents moved away.
She added that, by chance, they crossed paths many years later, and their relationship began.
She had two children, David, who passed away in 2002, and Michael. She also has three grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
After Arch died in the 1950s, she moved to Essex to care for her father, Ralph, and mother, Emily, who lived to 102.
Mrs Brainwood was an active WI member for many years, and took part in amateur dramatics and choral singing.
She moved to St John's Almshouses in Colebrook Street, Winchester, five years ago to be closer to relatives.
She turned 100 on Wednesday, May 7, and celebrated with a lunch attended by around 30 relatives and friends. The Mayor of Winchester, Cllr Chris Pines, also dropped by.
Mrs Brainwood added that a healthy diet was the secret of a long life.
"Don't eat mucky food, and have everything fresh, particularly lots of vegetables and greens," she said.
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