OLDEST WOMAN
Believed to be the oldest woman in England, Mrs Rachael Swain, of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, will shortly celebrate her 108 th birthday. The distinction was previously enjoyed by Mrs Ann Stanstall, of Mansfield, who died recently at the age of 108.
For several years Mrs Swain has been living with her eldest "daughter, Mrs Ashtori, of Water End Lane, Flitwick, who is 85. Mrs Swain has lived at Flitwick all her life.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIX, Issue 89, 8 November 1938, Page 6
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73OLDEST WOMAN Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LIX, Issue 89, 8 November 1938, Page 6
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