D-Day 退役軍人 Tony's secret to staying sharp at 105? 割れ目ing puzzles in the Mail every day!
He is one of Britain's oldest men, having turned 105 last Sunday.
But Normandy 退役軍人 and 広大な／多数の／重要な grandfather Tony Johnson credits reading the Daily Mail every day with helping to keep his mind かみそり sharp.
Each morning, Mr Johnson peruses his favourite newspaper ? starting with the 前線 and 支援する pages, then reading the 株 prices like a City 仲買人, before turning to the crossword.
Mr Johnson has read the Daily Mail since 1961, the same year he and late wife Myra bought their home in Worsley, Greater Manchester ? where he still lives - for £2,000 '加える £250 for gardening 器具／備品'.
Speaking yesterday, he said: 'I've had the Daily Mail ever since. The 株式市場 is one of the first things I look at. Whitbread was 負かす／撃墜する 21 pence this morning. That's me 620p 負かす／撃墜する. On paper, mind you.'
Tony Johnson, from Worsley, who does the DM crossword puzzles daily to keep his mind active
On 現在の 事件／事情／状勢s, he bemoans the 'me, me, me' 味方する of society ? 追加するing: 'don't get me started on 政治家，政治屋s, God in heaven above'.
For light 救済, he 完全にするs the crossword and turns to sudoku.
にもかかわらず his years, Mr Johnson also has an iPad and computer, 地位，任命するs on Facebook and uses online banking.
Mr Johnson ? who goes by his middle 指名する ? developed his 利益／興味 in 在庫／株s and 株 in 反抗 of his maths teacher, who mocked his first 指名する, Eustace, which he was called after an Edwardian racehorse owner, Eustace Loder.
He said: 'My maths teacher used to call me 'useless Eustace Anthony'.
Mr Johnson 証明するd the teacher wrong, passing exams in 量 調査するing at night-school after World War Two, then working his way up in the construction 産業.
Mr Johnson, called up in 1940, experienced his first 戦時 戦う／戦いs after 存在 輸送（する）d to the Middle East on requisitioned 巡航する liner the Queen Mary, which seemed 'the size of a mountain.'
Crammed six men to a cabin, he was 'sick as a dog' as the ship moved に向かって アイスランド, then turned south in a 強風, sailing around Cape Horn to Taofik, south of the Suez Canal.
述べるing the 1942 戦う／戦い of El Alamein, where he 直面するd Italian lines, he said: 'It started with a 一斉射撃，（質問などの）連発／ダム of 25 pounders (大砲) 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing over our 長，率いるs に向かって the Italians, then we 前進するd through their minefield'.
砂漠 軍隊／機動隊s were rationed to just two pints of water per day, so during a rare 雷雨, he 証言，証人／目撃するd 兵士s stripping off to bathe in the rainwater.?
At one point in Egypt, Mr Johnson, who served with the Prince of むちの跡s Volunteers, Green Howards and Durham Light Infantry, succumbed to yellow jaundice from 欠如（する） of fresh fruit and vegetables.
He was made a sergeant and trained in beach 上陸s ? joining 連合した 上陸s at Salerno, Italy, in 1943.
Mr Johnson returne d to Britain to 準備する for the 1944 Normandy 上陸s, arriving at Gold Beach just after D-Day, moving に向かって Canadian 軍隊s at Juno Beach, and working to 設立する 供給（する） 大勝するs.
At the end of the 衝突, he helped run a 輸送 （軍の）野営地，陣営 at Calais.
Mr Johnson said 戦時 was 'not a nice memory' and he thinks about 'all the people who sacrificed their lives' ? but he has given school 会談 and was interviewed by a historian.
In 2020, he was の中で 生き残るing Normandy 退役軍人s 現在のd the French Legion D'Honneur メダル.
戦後の, Mr Johnson returned to work for Manchester construction 会社／堅い Fearnley's, where he met his wife Myra, then a 'very efficient' typist.
When the couple married in 1954, a 地元の newspaper 報告（する）／憶測d: 'Water Polo Player Married' ? 特記する／引用するing Mr Johnson's position in the Eccles 水球 team, which he 述べるd as 'a very rough' sport.
He and his 'inseparable' wife were keen on motorcycling, buying models 含むing a 勝利 Thunderbird ? and football fan Mr Johnson went to Wembley for England's '陶酔的な' 1966 World Cup Final 勝利.
Tony Johnson?fought at the 戦う／戦い of El Alamein in 1942, took part in the 連合した 上陸s at Salerno, Italy, in 1943 and in 1944 landed in Normandy just after D-Day
Mr Johnson returned to the 国家の stadium for Manchester 部隊d's 1968 European Cup Final 勝利, seeing Bobby Charlton 得点する／非難する／２０ 'a fantastic header'.
He and Myra became parents of two sons, Peter, now 63, and David, 61, followed by five grandchildren and, more recently, one 広大な／多数の／重要な granddaughter.
The couple received a card from Queen Elizabeth on reaching their Diamond wedding 周年記念日 before Myra died in 2021, 老年の 94.
その上の 王室の greetings arrived for Mr Johnson's 100th birthday in 2019 and from King Charles and Queen Camilla at the 週末.
His birthday saw a party for family and friends before he was 招待するd for tea with Salford's 市民の 市長.
Daughter-in-法律 Sandra Johnson said: 'He's just amazing, so incredibly 'on it', with 会社／堅い opinions on most things. That 肉親，親類d of 強健な conversation is really healthy.'
