Carmie Sellitto splashed out on the £75 luxury grapes from Harrods, imported from Japan, which are twice the size of regular ones.
Grandad-of-three Ivan Pedley, 92, often beats opponents 30 years his junior, but jokes he does let them win sometimes.
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