Cumbrian twins celebrate their 90th birthday together on Walney Island

Cumbrian twins Tommy and Walter Twigg marked their 90th birthday together on Walney Island, raising the question of whether they are among the oldest twins in the county. The brothers celebrated on October 6 at the West Shore Bowling Club with family and friends, including 35 attendees who spent about three hours catching up. Tommy traveled from Carlisle for the day, arriving with his Bentley. Born in Burnbanks, Bampton, in 1936, the pair spent most of their lives in Carlisle, with Tommy working as a long-distance lorry driver and Walter working for a Carlisle construction and clearance company. Their family is now looking ahead to their 100th milestone; the article notes Japan’s Koume Kodama and Umeno Sumiyama lived to 108 in 2022.