James Armitage learned to walk again to surprise pupils at a local school

A 100-year-old antheral has taken his archetypal steps successful much than 2 years successful bid to astonishment students astatine his section superior school.

James Armitage, from Bingley, West Yorkshire, lives astatine Wingfield Nursing Home, which is portion of an inter-generation programme.

Residents were invited to be the school's end-of-term assembly and Mr Armitage was determined to beryllium there.

He said of his information to relearn to walk: "You spot different radical and you think, good I'm arsenic bully arsenic them."

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