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Article: Cousins reunited after 70 years.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- March 11, 2006
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THIS is the moment cousins Norman Smith and Muriel Wells met for the first time in 70 years - thanks to The Star!
The pair had not seen each other since 1935, when both were young teenagers growing up in Sheffield.
But despite the missing years the pair, now both in their 80s, slipped straight back into their familiar ways - Muriel declared Norman hadn't changed a bit, apart from his broken boxer's nose!
Norman grew up in Totley and Frecheville, and Muriel and her brother Victor were brought up in Gleadless Common behind the Manor picture palace in Sheffield.
After the Second World War Norman and his family went to live in South ...