Football fan Joe Jowett celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday surrounded by family and friends.
Joe, from Boslowick Road, Falmouth, has been a life-long fan of Derby county football club, and was overjoyed when the club sent him a football shirt signed by the whole team. The shirt had the words "Joe 100 Jowett" printed on the back.
His daughter-in-law, Jean Jowett, said he was thrilled with the surprise.
"He was over the moon," she said. "It was a complete surprise for him when he got the shirt and we had a lovely party at the family home."
Joe was born in Derbyshire, and started work in an iron works aged 14, making sheet metal for World War I tin helmets.
He moved to Falmouth with his wife Nancy in the 1970's, after the couple had spent several years running holiday homes in Padstow.
Joe and Nancy now have three children, five grandchildren and two great-granchildren.
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