Britain's oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 110. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or the m to make the trip from his home near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all—expense—paid birthday trip to the c , he just could not r . Until yesterday he had never been away from home, except for the trip to Aberdeen. Mr. Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before, at the tof the century. "There was a trip to the White City but it was one pound return from Swansea —too much I thought. All my money went to sthe family then," he said.
During the next two days Mr. Evans will be taken on a whistle—stop tour of London to see the beautiful s. Top of his lis a visit to the Houses of Parliament.
The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided to move him about if he gets too t. "I don't like the chair business-people will think I am getting old."
His secret for a long and hlife has been well publicize — no wine, no cigarette and no anger. Before soff from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, Amwel, he quipped, "I'm glad to see they've given me a return ticket."
