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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Wed May 27, 2015, 11:14 PM May 2015

Wales: centenarian sisters pass within weeks of each other

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What life stories!

From the article:

Glenys Thomas and Florence Davies, who were 103, lived next door to each other for most of their lives in Abertridwr.

The pair later lived together at a care home in the village before Glenys died on 23 April and Florence died on 20 May.

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Wales: centenarian sisters pass within weeks of each other (Original Post) shenmue May 2015 OP

Must be something in the Welsh air. Denzil_DC May 2015 #1

Denzil_DC

(7,287 posts)

1. Must be something in the Welsh air.

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 06:52 AM

May 2015

My mother's mother lived to 106, and lived independently in her tiny miner's cottage in the Valleys till she was in her 90s! She was still cleaning houses to eke out her pension well into her 70s.

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