A "lively and energetic" former Watford resident has celebrated her 100th birthday with friends and family.

Marion Taylor, has lived in Canada for the past 40 years, but spent much of her earlier life in and around the Watford area.

On her birthday, on Sunday February 28, she was joined by about 70 family and friends in Ontario, Canada, and received cards from the Canadian Prime Minister and Her Majesty The Queen.

Marion lived in Bovingdon when she met her husband, Jack, shortly before 1939.

As the couple lived near an airfield, they moved to Langley Road, Watford, at the start of the Second World War.

They lived there for 15 years, in which time they had a daughter, Janet, who attended the former Callowland School.

Marion and Jack, a local builder, later lived in Sarratt and built their own house in Wyatts Close, Chorleywood.

Their daughter emigrated to Canada and was followed there by her parents when they retired.

Marion's nephew David Cunnington, 49, of Cherry Hollow, Abbots Langley, travelled to Canada for the landmark celebrations.

He said: "She has so much youthful enthusiasm, it was a fantastic event.

"She was telling us stories about her time during the war and getting up to introduce people. Her secret to such a long life is staying lively - she's always doing something and has so much energy for a 100-year-old."