GREAT-grandfather Joseph William Miller celebrated his 100th birthday in style with a good old sing song.

Carers at Wordsworth House Nursing Home, Hapton, where Joseph has lived for the past five years, said he sings to them every day.

Deputy senior care assistant Julie Collinge said: "He is very lively, very happy and cheerful and is doing very well for his age."

He has two daughters, Doreen Crooke, from Burnley, and Elsie Ingham, from Bury, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Elsie said: "He was a Royal Marine at the age of 16 and served in the First World War. He was torpedoed in the Mediterranean during the Second World War and was rescued after spending 12 hours in the water.

After he left the services he became a brickie in the building trade, working in the Manchester area.

Joseph's wife Margaret Ann, died in 1985 and he lived on his own in Manchester until he was 95.

At his party, he was presented with a telegram from the Queen by the Mayor of Burnley, Coun Rafique Malik.

Elsie added: "The home had organised a party for my dad and it was wonderful. They had an organist and he never stopped singing all afternoon."

Wordsworth House presented him with a scroll and a cherry tree, which will be planted at the home in September.

Elsie has also bought a pear tree, which will be planted alongside the cherry tree in memory of her mother.