Brenda, who grew up on Guernsey Island, lived in her own house on Kennedy Rd for about 17 years until a recently broken hip meant she had to move to Bardowie retirement complex in Onekawa.
Brenda Bridle will be celebrating turning a century old in style. Photo / Paul Taylor
Her memories of childhood aren't what they used to be, but what she can pick out, she remembers fondly.
"My mother used to worry because I would go as high as we could go [to dive].
"I'd also teach the school kids to swim. I was always outside, we had good times."
She also loved cooking and remembers cooking cakes, no bigger than the palm of her hand in Guernsey.
"Little cakes was my favourite thing to cook, and then you would cover them with berries. We used to make small cakes and hand them around. Also sponge cake with fresh cream."
She talks about her husband Harold George Bridle and gets a bit teary-eyed as she recalls how they met.
"After the war when I went to England they put us in Waddington Factory," she said.
"I was working on the milk cartons, and he was working on the conveyor machines. He asked me if I was going to the Christmas pantomime and I said sure.
"He was a very good man, he was younger than me. He bought me everything I wanted."
Brenda is going to be celebrating her birthday in style, with the retirement complex residents and half a dozen of her close friends, diversional therapist Christine Reid said.
"I didn't think I could mix with people cause I can't hear properly, but I hear all these people will be coming," Brenda said.
Reid said the residents will be treated to "proper high tea" with china cups and saucers, and Brenda will be dressed for the occasion.
"She's picked out her dress, and her cardigan. She's had her nails done, I need to touch up her hair but she will have her hair done," she said.