Showing "moderation in everything" is one of centenarian Ella Wood's secrets to a long and healthy life.
Independent Mrs Wood celebrated her 100th birthday today with a magnificent cake she had baked herself, and a family get-together at the Three Swans Hotel, in Market Harborough.
Mrs Wood's son-in-law, Brian Moore, said: "Ella is a wonderful baker, always making lovely cakes.
"She is also a very keen gardener."
Born in Syston and now living in Leicester, Mrs Wood worked as a comptometrist in the accounts department at the Wolsey hosiery company.
Her late husband, Frank, was a director of Wood and Company.
She said: "We were married on September 3,1939, the day war broke out."
Mrs Wood, a former member of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, said she attributed her great age and still-active lifestyle to "inherited genes and moderation in everything".
