A WOMAN from Street, born during the First World War, is putting her house on the market more than a century after she moved in.

Nancy 'Joan' Gifford, turning 104 today (March 21), has lived in her three-bedroom terraced house at 1 The Mead for 102 years.

Now, she is putting her house on the market with Somerset estate agent, Holland and Odam.

Due to health needs, Nancy is going to be moving to a nursing home in Glastonbury.

Nancy first moved into the property in 1921, when she was just two. Her parents paid £200 for the family home. 

The property is valued at £169,950 today.

Somerset County Gazette: 1 The Mead.1 The Mead. (Image: Holland and Odam)

Nancy attended the Convent School in Glastonbury, where she was taught by nuns.

In the mid-1930s she met her future husband, Bert, while walking with her friends.

Nancy and her late husband married at the start of World War Two in 1939, before Bert was sent to Scarborough to train as a radio operator in preparation for the Battle of Anzio in Italy.

The couple later had two children, their daughter Mary (born in 1949) and her brother John (born in 1943), who is now 79-years-old and still lives in Street.

Somerset County Gazette: Nancy in the garden of her home in the 1950's.Nancy in the garden of her home in the 1950's. (Image: Holland and Oram)

When he returned from the war, Bert worked at the Clark's Factory as a heel pairer, while Nancy took on the role of stitcher.

Nancy later worked in a nearby pub and cake shop before working in the closing room at the Morland’s Sheepskin Factory in Glastonbury.

Nancy was also a member of the Glastonbury Cycling Club and women’s group at the nearby Baptist Church.

Remembering his childhood at the house, son John said: “When I was a youngster, there were so many lovely families that lived along the road.

"The times we had as children were fantastic; going across the fields, jumping over ditches, bird nesting, and swimming in the rivers, so many things children don’t do these days.

“Back in the day most children our age knew everybody."

Jack Bartram, the manager of Holland and Odam in Street, said: “Buying and selling houses is the day job for us, but every so often you stumble across a wonderful story, and Mrs Gifford’s is one of those."

To view the property, visit the Holland and Odam website.