Meet Britain's hardest working family - including UK's oldest greengrocer

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Meet Britain's hardest working family - including UK's oldest greengrocer
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Joan Ward, 90, is a greengrocer, Gordon Bird, 84, a newsagent, Gilbert Bird, 80, has a carpet shop, Patricia Luhrs, 79, runs a cafe and Alwyn Bird, 75, is a hotelier

Here’s Britain’s hardest-working family, six siblings, aged 67 to 90, who think retirement is a dirty word and still work up to 18 hours a day, seven days a week.

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