MARRIED FOR 72 YEARS
It is claimed by Mr. and Mrs. James Hills, of St. Mary's Road, Faversham, Kent, that they have been married longer than any other couple in Brit-
am. They recently celebrated the seventy-second anniversary of their wedding, which took place at Marylebone in 1863. Mr. Hills is ninety-three and his wife ninety-two, and both are in the best of health. They were both born in Faversham. For sixty years Mr. Hills worked on the railway. They have five sons and three daughters. I Their eldest son is seventy years of age, but he is still "my lad" to his father.
Dunbar Soane, Ltd.. auctioneers (next Midland) will sell furniture at: their mart at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow. I Ramsey Wilson, Ltd.. will sell furniture from a home at Day's Bay at their auction rooms. 98 Manners Street, at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 15
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144MARRIED FOR 72 YEARS Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 15
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