TWINS AT NINETY-ONE
THE OLDEST IN ENGLAND. Two Lincolnshire twins, John and William Cooper, of Haxey, celebrated their ninetv-first birthdav recently. They are believed to be the oldest twin brothers in England. They are members of a family of 13, and have always worked on the land. . ...I ■ John Cooper, when interviewed, said that he had lived in his present Lome for 50 years; and except for a few years had been farming in Haxey all his life. I have been in a train,” he said, “but have never travelled in a motor'bus. If I had been a good scholar I would have been something better than a farmer—a lawyer a parson, or something like that. I did not get much schooling as a lad. Wo had to pay to go to school in those days; there was no free education.” William Cooper, who has lived in-his present home for 40 years, said: “Lads did not get much schooling when we were boys; they had to go straight to work. I can remember threshing with a flail. There were no threshing machines in those days. •: Over 50 years ago I used to go into Doncaster market twice a week with horse and cart; I should not know the place now,”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21358, 11 June 1931, Page 7
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210TWINS AT NINETY-ONE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21358, 11 June 1931, Page 7
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