For better or worse over 74yrs.A COUPLE who wed as Adolf Adolf, or Adolph, was a popular given name, especially in the German-speaking countries, in Scandinavia and in the Netherlands - including among Jews living in these countries and sharing their languges and culture, and who previous to 1933 had no reason to avoid the name. Hitler came to power have celebrated 74 years of marriage. The engagement ring cost just pounds 2 but it took five years of saving up before Bert Batty could tie the knot knot In cording, the interlacement of parts of one or more ropes, cords, or other pliable materials, commonly used to bind objects together. Knots have existed from the time humans first used vines and cordlike fibers to bind stone heads to wood in primitive axes, and were with Zona zona /zo·na/ (zo´nah) pl. zo´nae [L.] 1. zone. 2. herpes zoster. zona arcua´ta inner tunnel. zona cilia´ris ciliary zone. in 1933. Now, nearly three quarters of a century on, they have four children, 11 grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. and 13 great-grandchildren. Bert, 98, and Zona, 96, still live independently at their cottage in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. And Zona said: "If I had my time again, I wouldn't do a thing differently." Former builder and surveyor Bert still remembers when he first saw her. He recalled: "I remember thinking I didn't want a pretty wife, I wanted a beautiful one. And that's what I got - she has always been beautiful to me. We are still happy together." |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion