She’s made it to being 100 – and reckon it’s all down to her positive attitude.

Elsie Kershaw lives in a care home in Kirkburton and has outlived her nine siblings.

When asked if his mum’s secret to life is whisky like so many other centenarians say, her son Geoffrey said: “She has a positive attitude to life. She has never been a drinker.”

Elsie Kershaw here with some of the flowers she received Pic by Dave Howarth

Raised on a farm in Ripponden, Elsie went on to work as a winder in a textile factory and on the production line in two chocolate factories.

She met her husband Cyril Kershaw, a painter and decorator from Halifax, at church and they got married in the late 1930s.

During World War Two, she was called up for national service and made munitions in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire.

After the war the couple moved to Sowerby Bridge and had one child together.

Sadly, Cyril passed away in 1983 aged 65.

After his death Elsie spent a few years living with family in Bridlington before moving into Croftlands Care Home in Kirkburton a decade ago.

Her younger sister Mary Bridge, who lived in a care home in Doncaster, died just last week at the age of 95.

Elsie turned 100 on Monday and was visited by Geoffrey, his wife Julie, their son John and his partner Emma and their two children Charlotte and Madeleine.

More family will visit her on Saturday.