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Britain’s Longest-serving Blacksmith: Hardy Fred Harriss

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Britain’s longest-serving blacksmith is still forging iron in his workshop – at the age of 84. Hardy Fred Harriss, 84, first picked up a hammer and tong aged ten in 1938 and is still working every day 74 years later. 

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