Manchester is a city bursting with colour, from vibrant street art to decorated storefronts. And it’s set to be even brighter this weekend as people flood the city streets with colour for Pride Weekend.
07.08.2022 - 13:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
One hundred and three year old twin sisters Elma and Thelma celebrated their birthday in style with a suprise party and a VIP visit from the mayor of Stockport, David Wilson.
The two sisters warmed Manchester Evening News readers hearts with the story of their pending birthdays as we took a look back over their long and colourful lives.
The pair were shocked and delighted when a party in their honour was thrown by family and friends in Thelma's back garden on the big day itself, complete with a gazebo, balloons and a few surprise visitors.
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Thelma's son Tony Barratt, a former NME photographer, says the day was "great" and joked "Both ladies sat there like two Queens of Sheba on their thrones."
"The Mayor came and brought them both a bunch of flowers, had some food and chatted and was lovely. Then the BBC came and they both joked that "they were film stars." He says. Another special guest on the day was newborn Evan, Elma's latest great granchild.
Born in Cheadle Heath in Stockport on August 3, 1919, Thelma and Elma Edwards went to Alexandra Park Primary School and aged not much older than eight, the girls would go down to the railway lines with their older brother Robert to look for loose coal that may have fallen off trains, so they could light the fire. "We didn't have much, we were very poor," they say.
The twins loved playing out on the streets, including getting up to mischief like knocking on doors and running off. Aged just 14-years-old, the sisters, who had three other siblings, took jobs as packers and labellers of Smiths crisps, after enquiring after vacancies there on the way home from school. They remained there until
Manchester is a city bursting with colour, from vibrant street art to decorated storefronts. And it’s set to be even brighter this weekend as people flood the city streets with colour for Pride Weekend.
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