Daily Mirror - 27.08.2019

(^20) DAILY MIRROR TUESDAY 27.08.
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ANSWERS: PAGE 42
1
Which author wrote
the novel Far from
the Madding Crowd?
2
The Mariana Trench
is the deepest point
in which ocean?
3
Which country did
Saddam Hussein
invade in August 1990?
4
What is the
maximum number
of players on a boules
team a)1 b)2 c)3?
5
Who did director
Ron Howard play in
Happy Days?
OUR DAILY
PUB QUIZ
I have been living
in the same council
house for 93 years
with Cyril, the youngest of seven, and his
parents after they married in 1953. It
became theirs when his father died a
month after the wedding and Cyril’s
mother went to live near his older sister.
The grandfather of 17 worked at
Grimethorpe Colliery for more than 40
years until he was made redundant in

1985. He did not fight in the Second
      World War as mining was
      deemed too important.
      Cyril said he had
      never considered exer-
      cising his right to buy
      the house.
      He said: “I don’t
      think you should.
      When Mrs Thatcher
      introduced the right
      to buy, a lot of people
      round here bought
      their houses.
      “Then she shut all
      the pits and put thou-
      sands out of work.
      When they lost
      their jobs, they
      couldn’t afford
      their mortgages.”
      He added:
      “Whoever gets
      this after us
      will be lucky.”
      lucy.thornton@
      mirror.co.uk
      @LuceThornton

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TENANT

FOR LIFE

Cyril in his

council house

Ex-miner moved into semi as a baby

When Mrs

Thatcher

shut down

pits, people

couldn’t pay

mortgages

CYRIL HALL DOES NOT

AGREE WITH RIGHT-TO-BUY

HOME FOR HEROES Cyril

and Molly’s three-bed semi

BY LUCY THORNTON

A PENSIONER who moved into one

of Britain’s first council houses as a

baby will celebrate his 93rd birthday

there next month.

Cyril Hall, 92, was two months old

when his family moved into the modest

three-bedroom semi-detached.

The former miner and his wife

Molly, 85, took over the

tenancy from his parents

and have never moved.

Cyril said that the

only way he will leave

“will be in a box”.

The house in

Barnsley, South

Yorks, was one of

around 500,000 built

nationwide as part of a

commitment to build

“homes fit for heroes” after

the First World War.

Cyril’s family got

the keys on

December 14, 1926.

They had moved

from Liverpool

after his father

fought at Ypres.

Cyril said: “My

mum used to take

the war-wounded

for a walk and that’s

how they met.”

Molly moved in

BELOVED

Cyril and his

wife Molly

DELIGHT

Couple on

wedding day