Twins Elizabeth Sowerbutts and Mary Blackburn were yesterday celebrating their 100th birthdays with small parties at opposite ends of the country.
They are among only a handful of twins to have reached their centenary and have received a message from the Queen congratulating them on a landmark which was described by Buckingham Palace as "pretty rare".
The twins were born on Oct 21 1906 on a farm at Clitheroe, Lancs, the youngest of six children. Their mother died when they were only two and they were brought up by two maiden aunts.
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