THE PARTY’S over for a Hampshire rock ‘n’ roll fan who has died aged 110.

Thought to have been the county’s oldest resident, Annie Rideout was surrounded by members of her family when she passed away at the New Forest bungalow home where she had lived for 70 years.

Annie was the grandmother of soccer star Paul Rideout, who scored the winning goal for Everton in the 1995 FA Cup Final against Manchester United.

She was delighted when he presented her with his team shirt, which she wore with pride.

Last year Annie celebrated her 109th birthday in style by sitting down to enjoy a rock concert in the back garden of her home in Manor Road, New Milton.

Four members of Dog Ruff – all friends of the family – were the headline act at a party attended by about 30 of her relatives.

Fresh from their appearance at Milford Music Festival, Dog Ruff staged a toned down version of their act in honour of Annie’s advancing years.

Speaking at the time musician Chris Cooke said: “We do a lot of private parties for people in their sixties and seventies – but this is the first time we’ve performed for someone of 109. We can be a bit raucous – but not today.”

Annie’s daughter, Rosemary Allsopp added: “She loves all types of music, particularly the big band stuff. She was a great dancer in her youth.”

The party followed a big band concert held at New Milton Memorial Hall in 2015 to celebrate her 108th birthday.

Performers included Todd Miller and the Joe Loss Orchestra, who were close to her heart as she dated one of the former members in her late teens.

Annie is thought to have been eighth oldest resident in the country.

She never smoked and always avoided alcohol but attributed her longevity to drinking milk and to the family life she adored.

Born above the family butcher’s shop in Brockenhurst, she was still a little girl when her parents moved to Lymington, where she attended a school that is now the award-winning St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery.

After the First World War they relocated to Portland, Dorset, where she met her future husband Gideon.

They were married when Annie was 20 and a year later their first son, Tony, was born. Their next child, David, arrived 11 years later.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War the area was often targeted by enemy bombers.

Fearing for the children’s safety Annie decided to return to the New Forest, where she and Gideon lived with Annie’s aunt at Tiptoe before moving to New Milton. Gideon died in 1992.

Annie was a mother of six, a grandmother to 14, a great-grandmother to 15 and a great-great grandmother to two.