THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
GOING STRONG AT NINETY-TWO AT THE ANVIL FOE 78 YEARS. Mr John Bunt, who celebrated his ninety-second birthday in the little Cornish village of Trelights, a few weeks ago, must surely be the oldest blacksmith in the country to carry on his occupation. With an ardour that Longfellow’s famous village blacksmith would have found difficult to rival, Mr Bunt still toils behind the anvil where he has worked incessantly with the hammer and tongs since he was 14 years old. His father and grandfather worked in the smithy before him. Mr, Bunt enjoys excellent health, which he attributes to early rising, long days, and hard work from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. He has always been a regular attendee at the markets and shows, and has not missed the Royal Cornwall Show for 63 years. He has been a widower for more than 44 years, and during that period has had 36 housekeepers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21360, 13 June 1931, Page 8
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