Identical twins celebrate their 100th birthday — and reveal tip for a long life

A brace of identical twins person conscionable celebrated their 100th birthday- naming a emotion of sports arsenic nan concealed to a agelong and happy life.

Williams Casey — known arsenic Bill — and his copy relative Jack celebrated their centenary together earlier this twelvemonth pinch cake, drinks, and friends astatine his status location successful Didcot, Oxon.

Photos from nan ceremony show nan brace enjoying themselves successful inflatable crowns – and holding their cards from King Charles.

Bill, who is “the oldest copy by 10 minutes”, enjoys an creator life, having taken up coating successful status and making clip for his health- pinch 20 minutes of workout daily.

Williams Casey – known arsenic Bill – and his copy relative Jack celebrated their centenary together earlier this twelvemonth pinch cake, drinks, and friends astatine his status location successful Didcot, Oxon. McCarthy Stone / SWNS

Reflecting connected his 100 years, he said that nan machine is nan astir important invention that he has seen successful his life pinch its “amazing possibilities.”

When asked what he credits for helping him scope this awesome milestone, he credited “clean and patient living, staying active, sheer determination, and bully genes.”

Bill added: “I ever intended to scope 100 and now it’s here, I’m looking guardant to nan adjacent 100!”

His proposal to young group was to “have an liking successful athletics – peculiarly cricket! And support yourself active.”

Originally from Wandsworth, southbound London, nan twins some joined nan service successful 1945 arsenic members of nan Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

They spent 15 months successful Malaysia, pinch Bill confessing they “got up to tons of tricks being identical twins!”

Bill and Casey are thought to beryllium nan oldest group of twins still alive. McCarthy Stone / SWNS

Bill met his early wife, Joan, astatine Butlins adjacent Pwllheli successful Wales successful 1951, and they joined successful Cirencester successful 1953 earlier welcoming their son, Martin, successful 1955.

Bill and Joan settled successful Sutton, Surrey, wherever Bill worked arsenic a skills and training coach for nan Government.

He became a qualified personnel of nan Institute of Training Officers earlier retiring arsenic a head successful 1984.

Now Bill has settled down astatine Williams Place, a McCarthy Stone status home.

Estate head Nina Woodbridge said: “Bill is specified a lukewarm and friends personnel of our beautiful community, having lived present for 5 years.

“He’s sewage a awesome consciousness of joke and loves having a laughter pinch nan squad and his neighbors.

“We’re truthful happy to stock his typical time pinch Bill and his brother.”