The sisters were last year among just a handful of twins to have reached the landmark of a centenary – but now they have gone one better. A Buckingham Palace spokesman admitted: "It's a pretty rare feat."
The twins were born on October 21 1906 on a farm at Clitheroe in Lancashire, the youngest of six children. However, their mother died when they were aged just two and they were brought up by a pair of maiden aunts.
Mrs Blackburn has been twice married and now has five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mrs Sowerbutts has three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
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