An extraordinary gang of old pals have met up at the same pub for a pint every Thursday - for a staggering 56 years.<br /><br />The band of friends, aged between 78 and 83, have visited The White Swan in Sheffield, South Yorks., for their weekly catch-up since 1968.<br /><br />And although their conversations have shifted from “soccer and sex” to “pensions and prostates”, they have religiously kept up the "invaluable" tradition. <br /><br />Peter Thirlwall said he inadvertently helped found the meetups when he started going for a pint with his neighbour Paul Haynes after rounds of golf.<br /><br />The group later swelled to include seven core members, including Bill Munden, Ken King, Brian Ayres, Dick Cotton, and Mick Sorby.
