BOSSES at a Kidderminster health club think they may have one of the oldest and fittest members in the country.

Astley Cross pensioner Queenie Williams recently celebrated her 85th birthday - and Sandra Marsh, owner of Sands Health Club in The Horsefair, has given her life membership as a special treat. Queenie Williams, 85, having a workout at Sands Health Club.

She said: "Queenie started coming regularly to keep herself fit for her hobby of gardening. She comes twice a week and has to get two buses from Stourport.

"She thinks it's important to keep fit and has her own personal fitness programme. What we want to know is whether she's the oldest lady training in a gym anywhere in the country.

"We think she might be."

Queenie's sessions at the club, where she has been a member for about a year, last about 45 minutes.

She said: "They're all nice young girls - I like to mix with young people because it makes me feel a bit younger.

"I don't know whether I make them feel any older or not!"