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A British World War II veteran credits regularly chowing down on a serving of fish and chips for his longevity as he turns 107.
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“Fish and chips, a full meal, a scoop full of chips and a fish,” Owen Filer told the BBC on Monday.
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Filer, who was born in 1919 and is believed to be the oldest man in Wales, turned 107 on Friday.
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He said he eats the deep-fried meal as often as he can — usually with “genuine” cod or hake — but has “never overeaten.”
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he → say → cod
But beyond indulging in his favorite meal when he can, the veteran said his only real secret to a long life is living “properly.”
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secret → indulge → life
“How I got here I’ll never know, but I’ve met a lot of people who have admired me and asked me how I do it,” he told the outlet.
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“No secret recipe, except that I always worked all my life.”
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“You just live properly, and I’ve always done it,” he added.
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Filer — a father of four, grandfather of 10 and great-grandfather of 15 — said he never imagined living to 107.
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“I thought it would be a better world I would be living in, but I didn’t think I’d ever make it,” he said.
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Growing up, he said, neither he nor his family gave much thought to “old age” because they had bigger problems to worry about.
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“We had no food, we had no money,” he said.
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Filer served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers, a historic infantry regiment of the British Army founded in 1689, before becoming a military police officer.
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Filer → serve → 1689
He was stationed in India when the war with Japan ended on VJ Day in 1945, the BBC reported.
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SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, honored his military service with a commemorative shield at a celebration on Monday, which also included a surprise screening of the 1955 comedy “One Good Turn” at Market Hall Cinema in Brynmawr — billed as the oldest cinema in Wales.
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Fellow veteran Darren Foote, who helped put together Filer’s celebration, called him a “down-to-earth guy” who didn’t understand why people were making such a “fuss” about his milestone birthday.
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“He doesn’t get it at all,” Foote told the outlet.
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As for his attitude toward life, Foote said Filer rarely seems to think about his age.
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“He still gets up in the morning, he puts a clean shirt on, puts his tie on, cleans his shoes, and he gets up with purpose,” Foote said.
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Foote → get → purpose
“I think we can all take a leaf out of his book on that one, for sure.”
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