Proud Manx woman Doreen Clarke celebrated her 100th birthday in style.

Neighbours put on a distinctly Manx-themed street party for her in her home city of Liverpool.

Some 100 well-wishers attended the socially-distanced celebrations which saw gazebos put up outside houses and the whole street decorated with balloons and bunting adorned with the Three Legs.

There was a piper and two singers providing entertainment in the centre of the road.

A letter from the Queen was one of the highlights of her big day.

Doreen was born in Douglas, the eldest of five. Her dad Billy Clarke ran a couple of greengrocers there.

She attended St Mary’s School and joined the NAAFI during the war when she met her husband George who was in King’s Regiment.

She moved to Liverpool in her early 20s but returned home practically every year up until she was 95.

Doreen remained active all her life and says her secret is daily walking.

She was the secretary of Garston Royal British Legion for many years earning her a gold medal and meeting the Queen twice.

Doreen had been staying with her grand daughter Vicky Kennedy in Colwyn Bay during the lockdown.

Vicky brought her back to Liverpool for the street party on Wednesday (June 24) and thanked her ’amazing neighbours’ for organising the event.

’Nan has one wish and that is to come home to the Isle of Man one last time so once the risk of Covid passes we will almost certainly organise that,’ said Vicky.

’She usually meets up with her cousins Peter Hughes and Barbara McConway when she goes home.

’Nan gets the Examiner every week and is always telling stories from working in Collinson’s, Greensills Corner and the Cabin Cafe where she served many celebrities who were doing gigs at the theatre.

’Sir Stirling Moss was a very nice man as was Eric Morcambe but she thought Ernie Wise a bit uppity!’