An extraordinary gang of old pals have met up at the same pub for a pint every Thursday - for a staggering 56 years.
The band of friends, aged between 78 and 83, have visited The White Swan in Sheffield, South Yorks., for their weekly catch-up since 1968.
And although their conversations have shifted from "soccer and sex" to "pensions and prostates", they have religiously kept up the "invaluable" tradition.
Peter Thirlwall said he inadvertently helped found the meetups when he started going for a pint with his neighbour Paul Haynes after rounds of golf.
The group later swelled to include seven core members, including Bill Munden, Ken King, Brian Ayres, Dick Cotton, and Mick Sorby.
