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Long Eaton

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Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England. It lies just north of the River Trent about 7 miles southwest of Nottingham and around 8. 5 miles southeast of Derby. The population of the town was 37,760 at the 2011 census.

'Doing Parkrun at 95 is something different'

Jan 9,2022 1:30 pm

'Doing Parkrun at 95 is something different'

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A 95-year-old man who says he was told by doctors he would never walk again following a fall is now a regular at a local Parkrun.

Harold Messam attends The Weekly 5km (three-mile) event at a park in Long Eaton , Derbyshire, which he completes in under an hour.

Mr Messam, from Breaston, said: " I'll keep doing what I can while I can. [That] is my policy.

" To me it's not a race. It's achieving, finishing what I've started. "



Source of news: bbc.com

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