Well-travelled Lanarkshire centenarian says positivity is key to a long life

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A great-gran who celebrated her 100th birthday last week has shared her secret to a long and happy life.Centenarian Joan Smith marked the incredible milestone surrounded by her family and friends at Abbey Lodge Care Home in East Kilbride.And the WWII munitions factory worker revealed the secret to her longevity is her wonderfully positive outlook on life - and the fact she has never touched a drop of alcohol.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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During the war she volunteered to move to Leamington Spa, and work in the munitions factory there. "This gave Joan an interest in travel, and after the war she set sail on a two week voyage from Greenock to New York to meet her younger sister Marion.

From there she moved to Delphi in Canada."But undoubtedly her bravest step was marrying my dad and moving into Windward Road with my sisters and I.