UK's oldest twins, 104, on their secret to a long life
manchestereveningnews.co.ukElma Harris and Thelma Barratt - the oldest twins in Britain at 104 years old - say a daily dram of brandy is their secret to living so long.
The Stockport-born sisters, who now live together in a care home in Lancashire, were only 19 when the Second World War started.
The siblings have lived through 22 different prime ministers and have watched three monarchs being crowned. Elma said: "If you feel young, you stay young." When they were 14, Elma and Thelma found jobs as packers and labellers at Smiths Crisps on their way home from school one day.
They both stopped working when they got married just a few months apart, around the time the war broke out. Bill Hewitt, Elma's husband, was a carpenter, Joseph Barratt, Thelma's husband, was a hatter.
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