Freda Darby has lots of memories of the second world war - but she will never forget the day she led colleagues to safety while her workplace was being shot at.
Mrs Darby, who lives at Westwold Care Centre, in Burton Joyce, was working at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Nottingham when sirens started to go off.
In charge of a team of young girls, she acted quickly by getting everyone outside and into the nearest air raid shelter.
The 100-year-old, who celebrated the milestone on Saturday, believed the factory was being targeted because it was making weapons.
She said: "You could hear the bullets on top of the shelter. I was more interested in getting the girls safe.
"Some of them were sensible and some of them were scared. But there was one girl who was not going into the shelter at all so I had to push her in. She landed on the toilet!"
Growing up, Mrs Darby lived above The Stag pub in Kimberley, which her parents used to run.
Leaving school at the age of 14, she went to work to at Burtons Food Hall, in the city centre, where she would keep an eye on stock, and order more products.
Six years later, she got a job at the Royal Ordnance Factory, where she would work on the tabulating machines in the punch room.
It was there she met her husband, Thomas, who she married at St Paul's Church, in Daybrook, in 1939.
On Saturday, she was joined by four generations of her family and close friends as she celebrated her birthday with a party.
Her daughter, Sue Edwards, 67, of Woodthorpe, said: "I just can't believe she is 100. Up until about five years ago she was living on her own, then problems started with her walking and things didn't get better. Now, she seems a lot happier and she is being well cared for. It is lovely everyone came to see her."
Sue's son, Michael, 38, of Milton Keynes was joined by his two-year-old daughter Breeya.
He added: "It is just amazing really. She definitely doesn't look her age."
Friend Ella Jackowski, 58, of Thorneywood, used to clean for Mrs Darby once a week.
She said Mrs Darby should have "written a book because she always had something new to tell".
Ms Jackowski said: "Freda is really lovely - her mind is so young and she remembers everything. I love hearing all of her stories."
