A DIAMOND couple who first met when they were just 11 years old are celebrating 60 happy years of marriage today [Thursday].
Dennis and Joan Johnson, of Danebury Drive, York, were classmates at school in Newark throughout their teenage years, and married at St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark, on October 2 1953.
They were both 22 at the time, and 10 years later the couple moved to York when Mr Johnson's work brought him to the British Sugar plant in the city.
Still in York, Dennis and Joan are close to their three daughters, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, and have already celebrated their diamond wedding in a joint wedding anniversary party with their daughter and son-in-law Alison and Derek Husband, who marked 30 years of marriage this year.
Looking back on their lives together, Mrs Johnson said the secret to a long and happy marriage is "never go to bed on an argument."
She added: "We have been very lucky, and have had lots of special times."
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