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Lincolnshire's last surviving Burma Star veteran Alfred Conway has celebrated his 100th birthday at a breakfast with MP for Boston and Skegness Richard Tice. It was one of a number of celebrations taking place this week. Barry Robinson went along and asked Mr Tice of all the high profile people he meets in his roles as MP and Reform Party deputy leader, what it means to him to share breakfast with Lincolnshire's war hero.
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00:00Look at that, here we are.
00:02There you are. Thank you so much.
00:04It's a very hot plate, be careful.
00:06Thank you ladies and gentlemen.
00:07You're very welcome. Would you like any ketchup?
00:09Any ketchup sauce? No?
00:12Thank you very much.
00:14Great.
00:15As our MP and Reform Party Deputy Leader, you're no stranger to the spotlight.
00:21But what does it mean to you to share a breakfast with Lincolnshire's the last surviving Burma Stark?
00:28Well for me it's a great honour because it's hard to imagine the commitment, the fear, the unknown everyday serving,
00:41whether it was in ships, destroyers, like HMS Wager that Alfred was in, whether it was in bombers.
00:51But to share those experiences that I've been hearing this morning is remarkable.
00:57Alfred, you've had a party already.
01:03I mean, did you ever think you would be having breakfast with a busy man?
01:10No.
01:11Who's took time out of his busy schedule, and we know it's busy, to come and see him at breakfast.
01:17I'm looking forward to receiving the King's birthday card tomorrow.
01:24Yes.
01:25Yeah, that's great.
01:27Well that's part of the excitement. Something to look forward to.
01:37The honour is all mine, Alfred, to meet you, the last Burma veteran, and just to hear your experiences.
01:50As I understand, you're the last surviving Burma veteran.
01:55You've made him.
01:56You've made him.
01:57You've made him.
01:58You've made him.
01:59You've made him.
02:00You've made him.
02:01You're the last.
02:02You and I have you.
02:03I've got him.
02:04Oh, that's all.
02:06Thank you for the number of people.
02:07And I'm here in.
02:08You've made him.
02:09And I'm here in a couple of months.
02:10You're the last.
02:11I'm here in the next.
02:12You were the last I got to find someone.
02:13I'm here in the middle of everything.
02:14The picture did you get.
02:15And I was a business.

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