Moving is only way to split brothers

Tuesday 11th March 2008, 2:27PM GMT.

Brothers Bill, left, and Roger Eborall will be living in separate parts of the island from today for the first time since 52-year-old Roger was born.

ROGER EBORALL, 52, is today leaving the only home he has known.

And he lost the neighbour he has had all his life – eldest brother Bill, who has lived at Mont Arrive even longer, 72 years. While the family once occupied most of the small States estate, 73-year-old Bill – the oldest of 19 children – is now the only Eborall there.

‘We love it here. It’s all we have known. It’s our home,’ he said. ‘Our relatives have been together in five of these houses at a time. It’s the Eborall community.’