He was a man who relished life's modest joys, finding satisfaction in angling and cultivating his vegetable garden. His meals comprised largely of dairy produce and during his leisure hours he enjoyed a spot of fowling. Church records show he reached the extraordinary age of 105, his mental sharpness and recall staying intact throughout an existence that was, by all accounts, fairly unremarkable. He could have slipped into anonymity if not for one astonishing claim to fame: across 81 years he