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The twins beat odds of 700 million to one to reach 100
1986: UK's oldest twins turn 100
England have
Britain's oldest twins have today both received telegrams from the
Queen.
May and Marjorie Chavasse celebrated their 100th birthday with a joint
birthday party.
Among the guests were four generations of their family.
They included five-year old William and Vivian Hall - the first twins to be
born in the family since Marjorie and May.
The chances of identical twins both living beyond the age of 100 are about
one in 700 million.
But the Chavasse twins were said to be determined from an early age to
reach 100.
Neither sister married but both had distinguished careers.
Marjorie worked for the Dr Barnados charity setting up children's
homes.
May became a nurse and cared for wounded soldiers in France during World
War I.
She subsequently received a military honour for her work.
Marjorie still lives in her own home in Windsor, Berkshire while May lives
in a home for retired nurses in Buckinghamshire.
Some of the festival goers set up a new camp near Eton
1974: Rock fans clash with police at festival
Artificially 1969: FilmTheTheAA . At least 220 people have been arrested
following disturbances at a rock festival in Windsor Great Park in
Berkshire.
Organisers of the Windsor Free Festival, which started last Saturday, have
accused police officers of heavy-handedness.
More than 600 officers moved in at 0800 on Thursday and began to clear the
site where more than 2,000 festival-goers had camped overnight.
Many campers left voluntarily or offered only offered passive resistance
but some fighting broke out.
220 were arrested and more than 50 people - including 22 police officers -
were injured.
About 400 people marched through Windsor town centre in protest at the
police action.
Several festival-goers claimed the police had acted brutally.
Michael Bennett, 17, from Worthing said he had been subjected to an
unprovoked attack and as a result had a badly bruised neck.
David Stafford, 22, from Haywards Heath in Sussex said the police were
arresting people at random.
"I don't know why the police got so violent. People were being thrown into
police vans for no reason," he said.
The chief constable of Thames Valley Police, David Holdsworth, said his
officers had moved in because the festival organisers had not got permission to
camp on Windsor Great Park.
Mr Holdsworth said any complaints about police behaviour would be
investigated.
Vocabulary:
identical: the charge or matter undertaken to be proved(同样的)
unprovoked: to induce to engage in sexual intercourse(无缘无故的)
constable: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and
faintness(治安官;警官) |
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发表于 2016-7-9 23:52:31