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***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust***

***Julie*Ann***.sprinkling fairydust*** Report 27 Dec 2009 16:01

my mam and dad got engaged on boxing day in 1953
they were engaged for 5 years and married in october 1958
i think i got all the years right there

dad im sure shes been watching over you xmas as always,
and sending you hugs, xxx

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 28 Dec 2009 02:06

Hi Julie, address please! see pm!


My parents met in October 1945 and Mum didn't have an engagement ring, they married on 29th December 1945 - fast workers eh?

Lizx

*** Mummo ***

*** Mummo *** Report 28 Dec 2009 08:33

Hi Julie, My Dad meet my Mum in Germany at the end of the war, mum was a P.O.W and dad was in the army, they married on Boxing day 1945 in Dusseldorf , they were married for nearly 50 years till dad died in July1995.

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 29 Dec 2009 00:07


Sadly my parents only made it to their 44th anniversary in 1989. Dad died of lung cancer in January 1990. He had some respite care in a hospice as he couldn't eat, in the November, and was home again for his last Christmas, 1989, when he managed to do justice to Mum's cooking and enjoyed Christmas dinner. I made them a cake for their wedding anniversary on the 29th December 89 and he managed to eat a bit of that, and then a few days later his health started declinging again and he died (in the hospice for the last couple of days) on 23rd Jan 1990

Lizx

Today is the 65th anniversary of their Wedding Day.