Violet’s 106... and still on the ball!

Violet’s a big fan of our football coverage.

And she’s travelled widely, to places such as Spain, Belgium, France, Italy and Romania.

The pensioner has a clean bill of health with no need for medication and looks decades younger than her years.

“I’ve had a good life, but I’m starting to feel the old age creeping in,” she laughed.

Violet, the youngest of three children, has outlived her elder sisters Ellen and Margaret.

“All my friends have passed away,” she said. “I’m the only one left. It does get lonely, but I’m glad to be alive.

“And my family keep me going!”

Violet sees son Danny, 73, every day and her four grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren are always stopping by.

The OAP, who moved to Falkirk from Glasgow as a child, began her working life in McCowans sweetie factory when she was just 14 and moved on to work in munitions during the war.

She retired from her cleaning post with BP when she was 65.

Violet lost husband Daniel, a merchant seaman, to cancer in 1945.

“It’s been a hard life, but I’ve enjoyed every minute,” she said.