NOW Thats What I Call Music! 107

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Leonard Howes in the middle, with his son and daughter-in-law Carol on either side, left is Carol's daughter and son, Nick and Jenny, and their son - Jacob, 9.

Leonard Howes, born in 1916, served in World War 2 and has seen five different monarchs during his lifetime. To use the calculator, enter your starting weight on the top line and your present weight on the lower line.Mr Howes also worked intercepting possible enemy communication and electrical signals at the Forest Moor ‘Y’ station, a Royal Navy land base in Harrogate.

In 1937 he got a job with Post Office Telephones, where he would work for the next 44 years and retired in 1981 aged 65 - just after it became known as British Telecom.Carol added: “Len had a lovely time celebrating with the rest of the family including his grandson Nick, granddaughter, Jenny and great grandsons, Ollie and Jacob. Carol Howes, his daughter-in-law, said: “He puts his long life down to eating Shredded Wheat with full-fat milk and plenty of sugar for as long as he can remember. We always think of a theme for his birthday cake and this year it was a cake with fish and chips and mushy peas made from icing, his favourite meal, so it was fish and chips all round on Saturday. But Stravinsky got his own back in 1922 when Prokofiev played him part of his opera The Love for three Oranges. Leonard, the oldest person from his home city of Bristol, now living in Newquay in Cornwall, honoured his 107th birthday with all his family by his side.