By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 04:31 EST, 8 January 2013 | UPDATED: 15:01 EST, 8 January 2013 Ralph Tarrant has just taken the title of Britain's oldest man - but says he doesn't understand what 'all this fuss is about'. The Sheffield great great grandfather has been handed the crown following the death of 110-year-old Reg Dean yesterday. Aged 109 and 185 days old, Mr Tarrant was born only a year after Mr Dean in 1903. Still on the go: Great great grandfather Ralph Tarrant from Sheffield is now Britain's oldest man aged 109 Memory lane: Britain's newly-crowned oldest man, Ralph Tennant, looks through his collection of photos
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Ralph Tarrant took title yesterday following death of Reg Dean, 110
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Great great grandfather from Sheffield born in 1903
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He and his wife were Britain's oldest married couple until she died last year
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