Cricket fan Kathleen Kitty' Briggs has scored her very own century.
Mrs Briggs was the centre of attention at a lunch and afternoon party marking her 100th birthday, attended by family and friends.
Now the oldest resident at New Copford Place, Copford, the retired Colchester businesswoman looked after herself until earlier this year.
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