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A man who bet £100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is celebrating his birthday with a cheque for £25,000.
Alec Holden, from Epsom in Surrey, is picking up his winnings from bookmaker William Hill, which gave him odds of 250/1 that he would reach his century.
The retired engineer, born on 24 April 1907, joked he had been "very careful" about what he had been doing recently.
Mr Holden, who also used to work as a teacher and a carpenter, plans to take some friends to a hotel to celebrate.
He placed the bet on 10 December 1997, when he was aged 90, with the thought that he "would live forever".
Mr Holden, who has two sons aged 70 and 60, puts his longevity down to porridge for breakfast and "remembering to keep breathing".
He said it was also important not to worry about anything, do as little work as possible, and go on lots of holidays.
Sounds like he used to be an IT Contractor.
A man who bet £100 a decade ago that he would live to be 100 is celebrating his birthday with a cheque for £25,000.
Alec Holden, from Epsom in Surrey, is picking up his winnings from bookmaker William Hill, which gave him odds of 250/1 that he would reach his century.
The retired engineer, born on 24 April 1907, joked he had been "very careful" about what he had been doing recently.
Mr Holden, who also used to work as a teacher and a carpenter, plans to take some friends to a hotel to celebrate.
He placed the bet on 10 December 1997, when he was aged 90, with the thought that he "would live forever".
Mr Holden, who has two sons aged 70 and 60, puts his longevity down to porridge for breakfast and "remembering to keep breathing".
He said it was also important not to worry about anything, do as little work as possible, and go on lots of holidays.
Sounds like he used to be an IT Contractor.
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