Posted on 05/25/2008 10:55:16 PM PDT by Stoat
By Jaya Narain
Last updated at 2:45 AM on 26th May 2008
As with any married couple, there are times when Frank and Anita Milford dont quite see eye to eye.
But they have never let the odd disagreement get in the way of their love for each other and their dedication to their marriage.
To prove it, Frank, 100, and Anita, 99, today celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary, equalling the record for Englands longest-ever marriage.
Frank and Anita Milford are celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary
They say the secret to a lasting marriage is to iron out your arguments before bedtime and share a kiss and a cuddle every night before bed.
Mrs Milford said: Its our golden rule. Couples these days dont last long because they often dont take enough time for each other.
'Our advice to young couples would be to make time for a little romance every day.
Mr Milford added: To win over your sweetheart you need a dose of old-fashioned chivalry and dont let your standards slip. We do everything together even after 80 years.
The couple met in 1926 and got married in 1928
The pair met in 1926 at a YMCA dance in their home town of Plymouth. They married two years later, on May 26, 1928, and after the register office ceremony popped to the cinema to catch a Charlie Chaplin film.
Shortly after they moved to a bungalow in the citys St Budeaux district, where they lived until 2005. Mr Milford worked at Devonport Dockyard until retiring at 60.
The couple have two children, Marie, 78, and Frank, 73, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mr Milford said: Were proud of what we have achieved. When we started we had low wages and worked very hard.
The war years were tough - a bomb even dropped on our house. But we have come
through it. Since moving to a nursing home, the couple have taken up a range of hobbies.
They have just received a letter from the Queen congratulating them on their oak anniversary. Their 80 years together equals the English record set by Percy and Florence Arrowsmith of Hereford in 2006. Mr Arrowsmith died a fortnight after celebrating the anniversary.
Guinness World Records says the longest British marriage was that of Thomas and Elizabeth Morgan of Caerleon, South Wales, who were married for 81 years 260 days until her death in 1891.
The couple say the key to a happy marriage is to share a kiss and a cuddle before bed
Entertainer Bruce Forsyth is born.
Writer Thomas Hardy dies.
Heavy hailstones kill 11 people as storms sweep the UK.
Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie - the first cartoon with sound.
Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to successfully pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean American actress Shirley Temple is born.
It seems that when you're in love, such a span of time will be past before you know it. :-)
Full steam ahead!
Isn't that just terrible? But of course it's all the fault of George W. Bush, Capitalism and Global Warming.....
More bad English weather history:
Thousands dead |
1703 |
November |
27th |
Throughout the country |
Storms(2days) |
Westminster Abbey struck |
1831 |
August |
17th |
Westminster, London |
Hit by 'electric fluid' |
Widespread deaths |
1903 |
September |
10th |
Southern England |
Storms |
Gales (100mph): 23 dead |
1905 |
March |
15th |
Lands End, Cornwall |
Storms |
Children Dead (2,500 +) |
1912 |
August |
26th |
London |
Heatwave |
Storm in Lancashire: 50 dead |
1927 |
October |
28th |
Lancashire |
Storm |
Gales sweep England: 11 dead |
1928 |
February |
12th |
All of England |
Gales |
Hurricane Winds 151mph: 26 dead |
1929 |
December |
5th |
Throughout UK |
Storms |
Subzero temperatures |
1947 |
Winter |
UK |
Temperatures |
|
Sulphur dioxide fumes: 4,000 dead |
1952 |
London |
Smog |
||
Caving disaster: 6 dead |
1967 |
June |
24th |
Mossdale |
Heavy rain |
Two day storm kills:17 |
1987 |
October |
South of England |
Winds of 120 mph |
|
Gusts of 110 mph: 45 dead |
1990 |
January |
25th |
All Britain |
Gales |
Ferocious Winds115mph |
1998 |
January |
4th |
All Britain |
Storms |
Congratulations to you both! WOO HOOO!!!!
I'm delighted that you've enjoyed the article. They do seem to be retaining the best parts of life, don't they?
And he was quite the handsome devil back in the 1920s.
<<< thinking that if a vivacious Cajun blonde lady FReeper thinks that Mr. Milford's pic is handsome, maybe the scruffy stoat isn't so bad after all? Hope springs eternal... "sigh"
(brushing down fur in a hopeless attempt to look halfway presentable)
What a cute little weasel ... c’mere and let me scratch behind that ear! Apparently somebody realizes that I’m worse than Ellie Mae when it comes to critters. ;-)
Wow - considering their age, they look absolutely wonderful!
My congratulations to the both of them!
"Making happy, contented and furry little noises as the nice lady scratches me"
-sigh-
I'm guessing that a lifetime filled with true love helps to keep a person young.
My congratulations to the both of them!
Indeed...hopefully their full extended family will follow their fine example.
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