DORIS Brearley was enjoying a glass of sherry - her favourite tipple - as she celebrated her 100th birthday today in a Carterton nursing home.

Doris BrearleyMrs Brearley moved to the Robert and Doris Watts Nursing and Residential Home in Black Bourton Road a few months ago.

Originally from Yorkshire, Mrs Brearley moved to Carterton to be near her son and daughter-in-law, Jack and Kathleen Brearley, who live in Sellwood Drive, Carterton.

Kathleen Brearley said: "She doesn't think she's old - she refers to other residents as 'those old people'."