Charles Hughesdon

Now I know what a ‘gizzit’ is…. Splendid…..! :love-struck:

Well I’d hate to neglect my duty….

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I don’t know what a ‘gizzit’ is, but now that you have piqued our interest, I think that you are dutybound to post a photo…! :p

Cripes that’s eerie I was just doing some restoration work on a gizzit of his I picked up a good while back. He certainly led one heck of a life and to get to 104 is great reminder that living life to the full needn’t shorten your innings.

The gizzit I have is from United Airlines in 1954 awarded to people who’d clocked up 100,000 miles in the air, his one has an extra plaque to celebrate a million miles in the air. To get to a million miles in the air in ’54 must have been quite a feat.

Stap’me vitals, I had no idea Hughesdon was still alive. Well I’m jiggered, how extraordinary. He led quite a life. One hundred and four years of age too, I’ll raise a glass to that…!

😀 It certainly was