EUNICE: 76

Married with four children, retired sewing machinist, lives in Coventry

PHYLLIS: 78

Married with two sons. Another of the family still in Coventry. She was a clerk

VALERIE: 79

Lives in Coventry, married mother with five children, employed as a telephonist

MALCOLM: 81

Widower with two children, lived eight years in Australia, now in Monmouth, Wales

RONNIE: 82

Married with two sons and lives in Leicester. He worked as a hairdresser

RALPH: 87

Married father of one, worked 36 years for the Post Office, also in Coventry

REGINALD: 92

Father of three, now a widower. A butcher in his home city of Coventry

ELSIE: 95

Again in Coventry, twice- wed widow, once did a milk round on a horse and cart

ROBERT: 91

Married with two children, caught malaria in Second World War, lives in Derby

NOEL: 85

Employed as a brewery driver, now retired, lives with his older sister Elsie

ERIC: 83

Married with three children, former market trader’s chief, lives in Coventry

CYNTHIA: 89

Not pictured. Married 65 years, had four children, lives in Wolverhampton