Sue and Noel with some of their brood (Picture: Ross Parry/SWNS)

The country’s biggest family is getting bigger – but they’re calling it quits after welcoming baby number 20.

The loving couple who had their first child aged 14 have run out of names.

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Sue and Noel Radford are expecting a boy in September.

He will join 19 siblings and three dogs in a house with just one bath.


But with so many children it’s getting difficult to remember all the names.

Names are becoming a problem for dad Noel (Picture: S Meddle/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Dad Noel said: ‘If you’re trying to tell one of them off, you end up shouting out a long list of names until, in the end, they’ll say, “Dad, it’s Ellie,” or whoever.’



The confusion also means that they are at a loss as to what to call their new son.

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Sue, 42, said: ‘We’re really struggling this time, nothing jumps out at me.’

Their first son, Chris, will be 28 years older than his baby brother when he’s welcomed into the brood.

And Sue is thinking it may be a sign that their next bundle of joy is a boy.

So what are the names they've already used? If names are a trouble for baby number 20 then it might be worth reviewing what names the couple have previously used. Chris, 28 Sophie, 23 Chloe, 21 Jack, 20 Daniel, 18 Luke, 16 Millie, 15 Katie, 14 James, 13 Ellie, 12 Aimee, 11 Josh, nine Max, eight Tillie, seven Oscar, five Casper, four Hallie, 23 months Phoebe, 10 months Tragically the couple lost their son, Alfie, who was child number 17. He died at 26 weeks into Sue’s pregnancy.

Sue told the Sun: ‘My mum always says, “Finish with what you started on,” and we started with a boy.’

Based in Lancashire, Noel runs ­Radford’s Pie Company, in Morecambe.

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But having so many under one roof, all but two of the children have moved out, does not come cheap.

The weekly shopping bill comes in at £250 and the family get through 60 sausages in just one meal.

The Radfords refuse to claim benefits and have appeared on This Morning and featured in Channel 4’s 16 Kids and Counting.

Both Sue and Noel were adopted so refused to give up their kids for adoption even when they were teenagers.

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