It would get a bit tiresome right?
Britain’s oldest man turns 111 today and will be celebrating with his favourite lemon drizzle cake.
‘The last one I received was about three years ago and it was a picture of Queen Elizabeth smiling, which I had never had before.’ Emma Haworth, from Dr. Oetker, said the baking company wanted to help Bob celebrate his birthday with the special cake.‘We believe there’s nothing better than being surprised with a delicious homemade birthday cake.
Mr Weighton keeps active by reading and still makes the weekly walk to his local supermarket to get his shopping.He said receving a homemade version of his favourite cake was a nice change As a teenager Bob trained in marine engineering but by the time he qualified in 1925 the shipping industry was in decline and so he headed to Taiwan, where he worked as an English teacher and also met his future wife Agnes.
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