Anne Anthony celebrated her 100th birthday at Kynaston Retirement Home on Saturday, 1st October 2005 with Champagne and a telegram from Queen Elizabeth II.

Born Emily Anne Walker, on 1st October 1905, in Commercial Road, Hereford, Anne was one of five children. She was brought up in the 'St. James' area of the city.

Longevity seems to be a family gene as Anne's mother lived to the ripe old age of 99 and she has a 93 year old brother, Jack Walker, who lives in Abergavenny.

During her younger days, Anne was a keen cyclist and belonged to the 'Wheelers', a cycling club. She was also a member of St. John Ambulance.

Anne's first job was as a chamber maid at the Castle Pool Hotel and she worked later at both 'Masons' and 'Marchants', both local grocery shops.

In 1942, she became employed by British Rail, in the offices at Barton Sidings, where she met Joe Anthony. In the mid 1950s, Joe became her husband and the couple lived at Yatton, near Much Marcle, with her mother and her brother, George.

Anne returned to Hereford after Joe's death in the late 1970s but went into care in 1997, following a fall.