Take a bow Queen Anna
Resident s t h rew a lockdown party in their street to honour a special lady’s 100th birthday.
Neighbours in Troon’s Wallacefield Road came together for a socially- distanced bash with a difference.
Anna Leith’s century was marked in style with the music of a piper and the serenading of friends and family.
Partygoers of all ages joined forces to send their best wishes during the emotional celebration.
Anna, the youngest of eight children, was born in the town’s Welbeck Crescent and attended Troon Primary.
She trained as a hairdresser in Morgenthalers Troon and married sweetheart Bill in Portland Church in 1942.
The couple enjoyed 73 years of happily married life before Bill sadly passed away in 2016, aged 97.
During the war years, Anna was recruited to the Auxilliary Territorial Service where she learned typing and other secretarial duties.
Anna and Bill maintained a very active lifestyle, playing badminton into their 70s and bowls into their 90s.
The couple were members at Troon Bowling Club and Anna won many medals until her graceful retirement from the sport at the grand age of 94.
They were often to be spotted walking together from Troon to Prestwick along the beach.
Anna now lives with daughter Gillian, and until recent lockdown life, had still been living an active and varied life.
Anna and Bill had three daughters and there are now eight grandchildren, 13 greatgrandchildren and two great- great grandchildren.