Her lov e of footie has kept her going

Great-grandmother Violet, who was born in Glasgow in 1911, has lived through a host of major events including two world wars and 20 World Cups.

Violet still lives in her own home, with Smokey the cat for company.

She knits, crochets, loves reading thrillers and doing jigsaw puzzles, grows her own vegetables and cooks all her own meals from soup, stovies and steak pies to roast beef and fruit loaf.

She has eaten a banana for breakfast for as long as she can remember and buys her teabags in bulk as she gets through 10 cups a day.