Life in service, the Blitz, and drinking lots of hot cups of tea, there is not much in her life that 108-year-old Violet Honeybun has not achieved.
Hadleigh Nursing Home resident Violet, who is known as Bunny, turned 108 on May 13.
And for her birthday, children from St Mary Primary School in Hadleigh have made it her most memorable yet by singing to her.
The children sang Happy Birthday, as well as a song from their Cinderella Christmas play.
They also spent time sitting with the residents and talking to Bunny, who shared experiences from her life with them.
Tracy Alexander at Hadleigh Nursing Home, said: "It went absolutely brilliant.
"She was so touched by it, she just couldn't believe that they all took their time to make her cards and sing to her.
"She turned to us and said 'If I don't have another birthday, this will be memorable for the rest of my life'.
"The children learned a lot from Bunny, being born in 1915, she was able to share a lot and the kids really enjoyed it."
Bunny was the daughter of a Thames lighterman and one of eight children, with her sister Kate also living to 100.
She left school aged 14 to go into service as an under housemaid for a family who owned a big store called Cuffs in Woolwich.
She worked for the War Office as a telephonist during the Second World War.
She married Henry Honeybun in 1938 who joined the Grenadier Guards and had become batman to Lord Lascelles, the late Queen’s cousin.
In 1949 she and her husband were invited to Lord Lascelles’ wedding at Westminster Abbey.
They made the national papers for being among the first commoners to be invited to a Royal wedding.
The couple were married for 40 years, with Mr Honeybun passing on their 40th wedding anniversary.
The great-great-grandmother-of-five is now the head of five generations, with 106 years between her and her youngest great-great-granddaughter Effy Violet.
Staff at the home are preparing a fitting party for Bunny and the five generations of her family have appealed to local people to send her birthday cards.
This year, Bunny, who already received multiple cards from the late Queen Elizabeth II, will receive a birthday card from the recently coronated King Charles III, after the nursing home previously received one from him thanking the home for their sympathy message.
Despite being 108, Bunny is still very much aware and enjoys reading, playing Scrabble and doing crosswords, maintaining that expanding her mind has helped her to stay younger and live longer.
When asked what was the secret behind her long life, Bunny said: "Drinking lots of nice, hot cups of tea."
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