A golden couple.DEREK and Barbara Baines met when they were both just 15 at ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. , Billingham. Now the couple, of Marlborough Avenue, Marske, have two daughters, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild on the way, and are today celebrating their Golden Wedding anniversary. "We were both working at ICI, straight from school, when we met," said Barbara, 71. "He was a brash young kid, had a bit of an eye for the girls, so I played it a bit cool but I succumbed in the end." Derek, 71, said that it was love at first sight. Barbara and Derek soon became inseparable and decided to marry. Barbara said: "The secret to a long marriage is all there in the marriage vows Marriage vows are promises a couple makes to each other during a wedding ceremony. Civil ceremonies often allow couple's to choose their own vows, although many civil marriage vows are adapted from the traditional Catholic wedding vow "To have and to hold, from this day , in sickness and health, for richer or poorer, forsaking all others - you just have to abide by To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. See also: Abide them." Post messages of congratulations at www.gazettelive.co.uk/ts11 Go online to see a new slideshow of images showing Barbara and Derek over the years gazettelive.co.uk CAPTION(S): IT MUST BE LOVE: Barbara and Derek, above, and the couple on their wedding day, right Main picture by ANGIE WEALL |
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