Kathleen Reynolds will be celebrating her 100th birthday next week.

Having been born in the town and lived almost all of her life in Lowestoft, the former wartime evacuee relocated to Druid Stoke Bupa Care Home in Bristol in 2023, to be closer to her son Andrew.

Kathleen Reynolds, with her son in Lowestoft. Picture: The Reynolds family (Image: The Reynolds family) Ahead of Mrs Reynolds celebrating her 100th birthday next Friday, May 30 at the care home with her family, a call has gone out for well-wishers in Lowestoft to send in birthday cards to mark the milestone and help her celebrate the special day.

The care home said Mrs Reynolds' long life is "extra remarkable" since she was born prematurely as the youngest daughter of Reggie and Gertrude Bird. She had two........

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