There’s 76-year-old Leo Smith who was still going strong on the football pitch, Queenie Bennett who was a model at 73, and 80 year old milkman Fred Newton.
Bill Smith, 91, was putting people to shame with his computer skills and Florence Islip was still doing a paper round at 81.
Then there’s the oldest of them all Dorothy Ovenden who was 107 when she met the future King.
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5. Lest we forget
Bill Rennoldson - a veteran who served in the First World War and was heading back to Ypres when he was 93 in 1993. | se
6. Dorothy's royal day
Dorothy Ovenden shaking hands with Prince Charles in Sunderland. She was 107 when she met royalty in 1998. | se
7. Leo's lovely football skills
Seaham man Leo Smith was still holding his own on the football pitch when he was 76 in January 2000. | se
8. Fab Florence in the news
Seaham grandmother Florence Islip who was still doing a paper round aged 81 in 2002. | se