A NORTH Wales woman yesterday scored a rare double by celebrating her second 105th birthday.

Mary Jones reached the landmark birthday yesterday at Walshaw House care home in Rhyl.

But confusion over her exact birthdate means she may have ended up celebrating her 105th for the second time in two years.

A birth certificate found by her family showed her date of birth as January 4, 1900.

But an official entry at the registrars' office shows an alteration from 1901 to 1900, making her either 106 or 105.

Staff at the home played it safe by celebrating her 105th birthday a year after an identical celebration.

A keen former ballroom dancer, Mary, who is originally from Wellington in Shropshire, retired from work at a Liverpool laundrette 40 years ago.

Her husband died when Mary was 50, and she then lived with her late son Ronny in Kinmel Bay.

Up until the age of 103, Mary still did her own shopping - she moved to the home after a fall.

She said the secret to keeping sprightly was spending money, being as active as possible, good food and enjoying life.