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glo
05-26-2009, 09:27 AM
Wow!! :)

Britain's longest living married couple have celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary.

Frank and Anita Milford, who live together in a nursing home in Plymouth, Devon, exchanged vows on 26 May, 1928.

Frank is 101 and when Anita also turns 101 next month, they will be the only living couple in Britain to have both reached a century.

They say they still have little arguments, but will always have a kiss and cuddle before they go to bed.

The pair, who said there was no "magic secret" to a happy marriage, met at a YMCA dance in the St Budeaux area of Plymouth in 1926 and were married two years later at Torpoint register office.

Blitz escape

Mr Milford worked at Devonport dockyard until his retirement at the age of 60.

The couple stayed in Plymouth throughout the Second World War and the Blitz, twice having narrow escapes from bombs - including one which fell on their house.

They have two children, five grandchildren and seven great gandchildren.

Their 74-year-old son, also called Frank, said the main secret of his parents' wedded bliss was simply being happy with each other.

"They've enjoyed themselves, enjoyed their lives very much but they've been always very content with their lot," he said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/8067752.stm
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saba muslimah
05-26-2009, 09:35 AM
wow...! Happy to you couple ;-)
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aadil77
05-26-2009, 09:45 AM
woh :ooh: I'm suprised it lasted that long...........sorry :-[
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Zico
05-26-2009, 11:03 AM
Allahoma zeed o barik!!:D
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Tony
05-26-2009, 11:13 AM
Does their son stil live at home ? :skeleton:
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nebula
05-26-2009, 11:20 AM
wow lol amazing! great grand children! woahh
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Banu_Hashim
05-26-2009, 11:38 AM
It must be so cool to have have four generations alive at one time.
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MunirAhmadKamil
05-26-2009, 03:05 PM
wow thats nice...:D
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Muezzin
05-26-2009, 06:43 PM
Aww.
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Zahida
05-26-2009, 07:07 PM
:sl: SubhanAllah................... May Allah Bless us all with happy marraiges............ Thankyou Glo for that it was very nice to read and watch.:bump1::w:
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Maimunah
05-26-2009, 07:54 PM
aww thats cute

:w:
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Rebel
05-27-2009, 05:58 AM
81 years with the same person? How boring :X
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syilla
05-27-2009, 06:05 AM
:salamext:

I'm not sure why...i'm not amazed. In my home town i can see lots of old people still enjoying their each other company...and some are married since the age of 12.

Anyway...it is not the number...its the quality matters... :D
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glo
05-27-2009, 06:38 AM
format_quote Originally Posted by Rebel
81 years with the same person? How boring :X
Are you kidding?
Spending your whole life with one and the same person is the most exciting journey you can make!
You grow together and bond together in ways you never could otherwise.

Just try it, and report back in 81 years! :D
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Rebel
05-27-2009, 07:18 AM
glo, I'll probably be dead n gone way before our 10th anniversary :><: but you know what, I think Mrs. Rebel could learn a thing or two from this couple :X

zAk, yes, I am :D Are you?
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Ummu Sufyaan
05-27-2009, 08:12 AM
Interesting...how old were they when they got married?
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Rebel
05-27-2009, 08:13 AM
zAk,

Why <_<?

I s'pose you're not married :X

Umm ul-Shaheed, it says they're 101 yo now... so they musta been about 20.
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Yanal
05-28-2009, 12:04 AM
Our lovely boss,zAk is already happily married and has a blessful wife...

Btw that is so cute...Rebel I think you need a spank from the boss!
Looks like zAk repped Rebel:(
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