SIXTY-TWO YEARS MARRIED
COUPLE'S GREAT RECORD. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Grunwell, of Leathley, near Otley, the oldest married couple in Wharfedale, recently celebrated 62 year's of wedded life. The husband and wife, whose ages are 83 and 85 respectively, are both well, and active.i Mrs. Grunwell's recipe for a long life is plain food, hard work, and a contented mind. "I have iilways had plenty to drink and plenty of tobacco, have never dieted myself, arid have never had to lie a day in' bed through sickness," Mr. Grunwell said, "but I never was a lover of money, and never tried to save any." A piedecessor in the house occupieJ by the old couple lived to be over 100.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18996, 18 April 1925, Page 2 (Supplement)
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