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105-year-old former crane driver on the secret to a long life
The Star, Sheffield
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16/02/2024
Elsie Middleton, from Sheffield, celebrated her 105th birthday on Saturday, February 17 at Roman Ridge care home, in Wincobank. This clip shows her talking to her daughter Jean Bolton.
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I'm going to ask you again, okay, what do you think the secret is to be you living so long?
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What do you think the secret is? I don't know. You don't know? No. Well is it just random or is it healthy living?
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Yeah. Yes, well you've always had healthy living haven't you? Yeah. You've always cooked,
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cooked all your hot food from scratch haven't you? Yeah. Yeah, and my dad used to go have an
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allotment didn't he? He used to eat homegrown vegetables and things like that. Yeah.
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Yeah, and you didn't smoke did you? You didn't smoke? No. No.
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No. That's right. Yeah, so you're very healthy.
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