Remarkable! How 100 Year Old Twin Celebrate Milestone Birthday In-Style

These twin sisters, who were born 25 minutes apart on November 20th, 1916, have proved they’re quite the sister act after celebrating their 100th birthday.

Irene Crump and Phyllis Jones have spent a whole century together since their birth. Irene and Phyllis, who look remarkably similar but aren’t actually identical attended the same school, shared their first job and even live together in Stourport, Worcestershire, MetroUk reports.

 

According to the twins, the secret to a long life is ”hard work and good food”, and celebrated in style with 48 friends and a traditional Sunday roast.

Irene, the younger of the two, said:

“We often celebrate our special birthdays together, and we had a lovely day. We celebrated our 90th together, and last year we celebrated our 99th birthday too.

Hard work and good food is our secret, that’s all I can put it down to. We’ve always been close and we live together now, Phyllis moved in with me five years ago.

I can’t walk very far now but Phyllis walks around the block every day.”

The ladies are believed to be one of just six sets of centenarian twins in the UK. Irene’s husband, Samuel, died in 1999 living well into his 90s, and Phyllis’ husband, Ray, died in 2006 aged 91.

Sadly, Irene did not have any children, but Phyllis’ only son, Carl, 58, cares for them both, especially now that his mother has vascular dementia.

Carl said he and his wife, Patricia visit the pair every day but say the ladies are still very independent.

Photo credit: Koray Erol/Caters News