Mary Clark was born on August 18, 1908 on Cottingham Road, in Hull and was joined by friends and family over the weekend to celebrate the milestone birthday.

Mary was the third of seven siblings and lived at North Frodingham from 1933 to 2007 when at the age of 98 she decided to give up her home on Cross Lane to move into Southlands nursing home, in Hutton Cranswick.

Mary, who was married to Lesley Clark, spent more than 22 years working in the village fish and chip shop until ill health forced her to sell up in 1954.

It was here that, according to her daughter Audrey Greaves, Mary became renowned for turning a tin of salmon from the Canadian soldiers posted in North Frodingham during the Second World War into fish cakes to feed the whole village.

Audrey, who has two brothers Bernard and Gordon Clark, said: "Her father died when she was eleven and she was faced with a grieving mother and relatives who wanted all the children taken into care.

"Mary told them quite politely it wasn't necessary and she became helper and supporter to her mother and was there to bring up the younger members of the family while her older brother joined the oil refiners her father had worked for until his death."

According to her daughter Mary's family were Weslyan Methodists for five generations before her and she was an active long running member of the North Frodingham methodists.

"Her generation has seen Queen Victoria on the throne until our present queen and transport go from horse and cart until she jetted off to California in 1976," Audrey added.

Shortly after Mary and her husband returned from their Californian break they visited a friend, Kathleen Davidson, near Heathrow.

As Mrs Davidson's husband was a gardener at Windsor the whole group were invited to attend a church service which was also attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

According to Audrey her parents not only met the Queen but were welcomed back to England by Her Majesty, a moment which is one of the highlights of Mary's 100 years.