ALICE Moug, who celebrated her 100th birthday in July, has died at Ashfield Care Home in Skipton.

Born in the town's Byron Street, she was the fifth child in what was to be a family of six children of Joseph and Esther Waddilove. When she was only a few months old, the family moved to Bold Venture Street where her younger sister, Emily, was born.

There she was raised with older sisters Ethel, Mary and Margaret and brother Ernest. She went to school at Christ Church and then Brougham Street,

Leaving at 14, she trained as a shorthand typist at Fattorini's in High Street House and worked there until she was married.

One of her interests was cricket. She played for the ladies team at Skipton Cricket Club and it was through the club that she met her husband, Victor, who was a tax inspector. They married at Christ Church just before the Second World War broke out.

They had their reception at the Midland Hotel (now Herriots) before boarding a train to London where Victor had been transferred with his job. They began their married life in Wood Green, living through the Blitz. During bombing raids, Alice sheltered under the stairs in their flat while Victor ran around with sand buckets attempting to quench fires.

In 1942, Alice was evacuated to Victor's parents in Chopwell, Newcastle, for the birth of their first son, Chris, returning to London a few weeks later. By the end of 1942, the family had returned to Skipton, living with Alice's sister Emily and husband Maurice Hoare until getting their own home on Shortbank Road. Here, their second son, Peter, was born.

Alice was part of a five-woman group called The Lyrists, who gave poetry recitals and received certificates and medals from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

With the boys at school, Alice returned to work as a shorthand typist at Carr and Gills and later as secretary to the manager of the Nelson Estate at West Marton. She continued working there until the family moved to Station Road, Cross Hills, in 1963.

It was a great shock when Victor died suddenly on January 19, 1969.

Alice was to have a long widowhood. She moved back to Skipton in 1970 and had regular outings with her sister Margaret and brother-in-law Harry. But the journey of her lifetime was when she went to South Africa to visit Peter, who was in practice as an orthodontist in Port Elizabeth.

In the mid 1990s she moved again to Sunmoor Drive, where she lived until 18 months ago to be near Margaret. They and their other surviving sister Mary had great fun with Chris' daughters Nicola and Rebecca and their mother Linda.

Unfortunately, four years ago, Alice began to slow down and the onset of blindness became a trial to her. After two falls, she moved to Ashfield.

Alice is survived by her sons, Chris and Peter, daughters-in-law Linda and Glenwyn, grandchildren Nicola, Rebecca, Duncan, Elun and Kayla and great grandchildren James and Aneira.