Alice Thwaites said of her plans for her 104th birthday: 'Well, I'm not going out dancing!"
Instead, Mrs Thwaites, who lives at the Langdale Nursing Home in Cowling, was planning to enjoy a tea with relatives to celebrate the remarkable event.
Born before the Boer War near Bury, she worked as a weaver in the cotton trade before moving with her husband to Morecambe in the 1940s where she took in visitors.
"I met a lot of lovely Yorkshire people during those days by the sea," she said.
She moved to Cross Hills 14 years ago to live with her brother and sister-in-law and only moved into the nursing home last year.
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