Having lived through two world wars and the reigns of five British monarchs, Winifred Watts experienced much more than most in her long life.

One of the oldest people in Bristol, she passed away peacefully aged 105 at Riversway Nursing Home, in Crew's Hole Road, St George.

Her only son Peter, 80, with whom she shared a room at the home, said: "She was the best mother any son could have."

Edward VII was king when Winifred was born in Bristol to Charles and Mary Carter, on February 20, 1904.

She had seven brothers and sisters – Charles, Ernest, Clifford, Stanley, Lennard, Christiana and May.

The family lived near College Green before moving to Southville, where Winifred went to Merrywood School.

She left education at 14 to keep house and help look after her brothers.

Sadly, her mother died during the flu pandemic of 1918 just days before Armistice day, and did not get to see her sons come home from World War I, which claimed Ernest's young life.

Winifred enjoyed her time as a children's nurse at Victoria Gibbs Baby Home in Kingsdown, which housed children of unmarried mothers, and later worked for a doctor in Long Ashton as a nursemaid, looking after his two sons.

She met the love of her life, George, an assistant green keeper, and settled in Long Ashton, getting married aged 21 at Long Ashton Register office on March 3, 1925.

The couple lived there until George died in 1987 of a heart attack.

They used to go to local country shows, where Winifred often wowed people's taste buds with a variety of cakes she had baked. She adored the colour turquoise and loved spring flowers, especially primroses, because her son Peter was born on Primrose Day, April 19, 1929.

Healthy and strong throughout her old age, Winifred lived at home with Peter until she was 103.

When she moved to the nursing home, Peter moved too and they shared a room until her death.

Winifred's great-niece Frances Parrett, 60, said: "Aunty Win just kept going, she was amazing. Children were very important to her throughout her life.

"She loved to paint and was a very creative person. And my goodness could Aunty cook. Everyone in the family enjoyed her famous Christmas cake.

"Aunty Win also loved reciting poetry. She was a very strong character and she knew what she wanted.

"The staff at Riversway have been wonderful and Aunty said she was very comfy there."

Winifred's funeral will take place on Wednesday, May 20, at All Saints' in Long Ashton. The service starts at noon and she will be cremated at South Bristol Crematorium.

Winifred was undoubtedly one of the oldest women in the Bristol area. In January, Eleanor Pinker died aged 108 at St Peter's elderly home in Horfield.