ELLEN Creed, a nursing home resident in Radcliffe, has celebrated her 101st birthday with family and friends.

The former milliner, from Blackburn, has been at Rose Court, in Water Street, since 2002, and is visited every week by her granddaughter Linda.

Ellen, a widow, also had one daughter who died in 1995, and two sisters and one brother.

On her birthday, Ellen enjoyed a day with Linda, and staff and friends from the home.