Britains oldest person dies

[Treetotal]

My oldest relative was my Uncle George who died last year aged 103
Carol

[HarrisonHart]

One of my likely relatives from Ireland (likely because the family name is rare and the family were farmers in this parish from way back), his headstone claims he was 114 at death.

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This year I will attend my uncles (same side of family as the likely relative above) 80th birthday, and you'd honestly think he was 40ish.  Fit, youthful, swims laps of his pool every morning, scales roofs and does hard labour daily.  Sharp of mind, sharp dresser etc.  Just, not you're average 80 year old.

[Malcolm33]

  There are three areas in the World where people seem to live far longer than anywhere else.  Well, that is what they claim - well into their 200's !!!    All mountain areas - in India, South America, and I think the third is Georgia or thereabouts.

[Malcolm33]

This year I will attend my uncles (same side of family as the likely relative above) 80th birthday, and you'd honestly think he was 40ish.  Fit, youthful, swims laps of his pool every morning, scales roofs and does hard labour daily.  Sharp of mind, sharp dresser etc.  Just, not you're average 80 year old.

    I beg your pardon.    I shall be 82 in June this year, and I spent close on 3 hours in the garden from 6.15 am this morning,  cutting and sawing away at an overgrown Wisteria.   But I do have to confess that I find it hard to understand quantum mechanics in relation to an implicate and enfolded Universe.   I'll keep at it though.

[Redroger]

  There are three areas in the World where people seem to live far longer than anywhere else.  Well, that is what they claim - well into their 200's !!!    All mountain areas - in India, South America, and I think the third is Georgia or thereabouts.

Third one is indeed the Caucasus! All of these places suffer another fault too. Lake of adequate documentation.

[Mike in Cumbria]

Third one is indeed the Caucasus! All of these places suffer another fault too. Lack of adequate documentation.

[HarrisonHart]

This year I will attend my uncles (same side of family as the likely relative above) 80th birthday, and you'd honestly think he was 40ish.  Fit, youthful, swims laps of his pool every morning, scales roofs and does hard labour daily.  Sharp of mind, sharp dresser etc.  Just, not you're average 80 year old.

    I beg your pardon.    I shall be 82 in June this year, and I spent close on 3 hours in the garden from 6.15 am this morning,  cutting and sawing away at an overgrown Wisteria.   But I do have to confess that I find it hard to understand quantum mechanics in relation to an implicate and enfolded Universe.   I'll keep at it though.

Lol oops.  Well my Uncle is exceptional like yourself!  He really is 'fit as a fiddle', a LOT fitter than my 36 year old self.

[healyjfch]

How many people age 100 or over are still living in their own home.
In my neighbourhood one lady age 101 is living with her 96 year old sister in their own home.

Home help in morning & evening only.

[LizzieW]

I understand that the now oldest person in Britain lives in her own flat, albeit in her son's house.  So I guess she manages on her own, although the family probably help out quite a lot.