Oldest person to live in your family?

[Redroger]

I believe that those in our parents' generation had it best for longevity, provided they survived childhood in the early 20th century they then had access to decent health care after 1947 (NHS), and were exposed to less pollution than subsequent generations. We have superior health care, but what horros are we building up for the future?

[Finley 1]

uhm   not sure about less pollution, I remember waking up to SMOG many a time..

The fact they survived longer I think is just down to sheer 'doggedness'   TOO much mamby pambying today, go to the docs with a splinter and expect it seen to..  In those days, ignore it and it went away.

I always say if you live with sickness you become sick.... GET on and do  is my motto.
These days if you sneeze its the 'flu' and if you have a headache its definately cancer..

 

xin

[Redroger]

Grant you smog specially in the big cities, but less general pollution I would think, less acid rain etc.

[Finley 1]

yes give you that    so it is the '''''unseen'''''  rubbish  -- but remember the snuff takers -- the dirty water -- the smokers ... the total lack of hygiene as we know it today..  the milk in a bucket and even when it was about to turn we still had to drink it.. 
Mind you I reckon it is down to rationing and the lack of good food   that is responsible for some of todays problems. 

National dried milk and Cod liver oil... Malt and a teaspoon of Scotts emulsion........  Blimey...
xin

[SalmonBlue]

Looks like all going well i've got a few years left. On both of my parents side there have been many who have reach the 90's the longest being 99years
Thomas Murdy
b. 1879 Heatherytops. Nothumberland
d. 1979 unsure the location

[Annie65115]

My oldest ancestor = John Upton who lived in Desford and died in 1811 at the alleged age of 102. His is the only age written into the burial index so it must have been out of the ordinary!

He was commemorated in various Victorian texts:

"He was a framework knitter, in the coarse worsted branch, and at the time of his decease had worked for one manufacturing company in Leicester, Moore and Co, during the unparalleled long period of ninety three years, having his commenced his monotonous unremunerative drudgery whilst he was yet in his eighth year"

[Redroger]

The milkman we were allotted in WW2 was so filthy he gloried in the nickname "Acky". He also had an unfortunate habit of "accidentally" upsetting his cans when the health inspector was around, and was prosecuted at least once for watering it. It is a good thing that we always boiled the milk before we used any of it else I should probably have succumbed years ago.

[Finley 1]

It wasnt my gt. Uncle was it   he was a Milkman... ( )

Yes It sure takes you back when you remember how we used to spit on things to clean them, and use soot to clean our teeth... No telling how we survived... Do you remember shelling peas and watching the grubs boil in the water... eeee...kkk
should start a new post   / on the habits we survived by??
xin

[SalmonBlue]

eeekkk if shelling peas makes you old

i was only shelling pease on Monday with my 8 year old daughter also pick some strawberries