CENTENARIAN'S RE COLLECTIONS
One of the King's oldest subjects is Mr. Charles Pratt, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, who lately celebrated his 103 rd birthday. He was born on 12th May, l§o9, at Hamblodon, about twelve mikb from Portsmouth. For the last seventy years he has lived at Byde. Though only about six years old at the time, Mr. Pratt can recall the rejoicings that took place when the news of the Battle of Waterloo was received. "In my native village," ho said, "everybody cheered and shook hands. I went with the rest down to the church, and the town was black with people, waving their hatjs and cheering. And where do you think they fired the guns from ? Why, from the church tower ! Then there wae a great dinner for the grownup people, a tea for the children, and sports lor everybody. I can remember tho plum puddings as if I saw them last week — scores of them on the long table that went tho length of the field." My. Pratt is a non-smoker, and, although not a teetotaller, he takes little alcohol.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1912, Page 15
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184CENTENARIAN'S RE COLLECTIONS Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1912, Page 15
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