PENSIONERS in residential homes and sheltered accommodation in West Somerset have been doing their bit to celebrate the Queen Mother's 100th birthday today (Friday).

At Riverside, in Dunster, residents Jack Simmons and Marjorie Parker shared their 85 and 75 birthdays with the Royal centenarian and tucked into a champagne cake to celebrate.

At St Audries, residents had a high tea, while in Fishers Mead, Dulverton, the residential home was decked out in red, white and blue while pensioners sat down to a cream tea.

There was a whist drive and barbecue at Danesborough View, Williton, and a special buffet will be held at Carantoc today.

Meanwhile, residents at Ingrams Meadow, in Watchet, and Silvermead, in Minehead, had their own celebratory teas and sherry toasts, with the oldest resident at Ingrams Meadow being given the honour of blowing out the candles on a special birthday cake.

l Woolston cake decorator and judge Graham Chubb has created a cake for the Queen Mother's 100th birthday.

It is the 16th cake he has made for the royal family, based on a secret family recipe first used by his grandfather in 1900, the year the Queen Mother was born.

The centenary cake has cream icing and features roses, sweet peas and carnations as well as horses' heads modelled in sugar to reflect her love of racing.

Mr Chubb has been decorating cakes for 40 years and is currently a tutor at Foxes Training Hotel and Academy, in Minehead.