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Cumbrian twins Tommy and Walter Twigg celebrate 90th birthday

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 11 Oct, 06:43 · Archive

Twin brothers Tommy and Walter Twigg celebrated their 90th birthday together at the West Shore Bowling Club on Walney Island on 6 October. They were born in Burnbanks, Bampton in 1936 and spent the majority of their lives in Carlisle. The youngest of six brothers, they were pleasantly surprised when 35 family and friends attended the celebration, where they spent three hours catching up with people they had not seen since before COVID.

Tommy worked as a long-distance lorry driver for much of his life before retiring to travel across the British Isles attending steam train gatherings. Walter spent a lot of his working life with a Carlisle company specialising in construction and clearance contracts, and moved to Walney Island to live with his family during retirement. His family described him as a 'local character'.

The pair previously celebrated their 80th birthday together at the Brown Cow in Dalton-in-Furness. Their family said they were looking forward to reaching their next milestone at 100. The oldest twins on record are Koume Kodama and Umeno Sumiyama of Japan, who both lived until 108 in 2022.

Cumbrian twins Tommy and Walter Twigg celebrate 90th birthday
Image: Westmorland Gazette

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In this story: Tommy Twigg · Walter Twigg · Walney Island · Carlisle · Burnbanks, Bampton

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