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OLDEST ENGLISHMAN DEAD.
¡"¡IT}'. William Walker, the oldest man in
!?"?*. Engin ml, died at his home at Hcadon
! terrace, Nottingham, recently, aged 107.
He was_ born at East Bridgoford, Not-
tingham, in January, 1822, in the reign of
íleorge IV., and he kept his birth certili
I cate as proof of his agc.
Life held two great attractions for him
' -pork and cricket.
"What is nicer for supper than a pork
pie and a pint of beerï 1 think pork is
the best meat you can have." he wou'd
say'.
One of his happiest birthdays was his
hist, when thc Nottingham Bork Butchers'
Association sent him a present of a pork
pie, "a joint of pork, a bottle of whisky,
and some money to buy tobacco, lt was
pork, he said, that kept him alive so long.
.Bacon for breakfast, pork for dinner
and pork pie for supper Was bis idea ci
"a perfect day."
Mr. Walker began work at the age of
12. as a bricklayer. His hours were from
I four in the morning until eiaht at nicht,
i and he never earned more than 21/ a week.
Ho wont on ivith'his bricklaying until
he wae eighty-six. when his wage was re-
duced by a halfpenny an hour. This .vn
noyed him, and he struck work for thc
rest of his life.
When he was yo uns he saw the first train
that «ont through Derbv. He sont a tele-
gram to thc King and Queen on his KWth
birthday as from "your Majesties' oldest
subject."
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