Mrs Jordan worked as a nurse at Gloucester Royal Hospital and this is where Mr Jordan met his future bride through a nursing friend she worked with. The couple were married in Midsomer Norton Church on 11 February 1950. This is the church where Mrs Jordan and her parents went every Sunday when she was…
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Oldest Living Couple Married an Incredible 80 Years
It all started in a zoology class in 1934. Students were seated alphabetically in the tiered lecture hall, so John Henderson, 21, sat directly behind Charlotte Curtis. When he looked down, he liked the shy 20-year-old he saw in front of him. And Charlotte? “I thought he was just a fine fella, and I didn’t…
Secrets to a long and happy marriage
This just in from the aspirational marriage report… there’s a couple in California who has been happily married for 67 years. In what has become viral news, the pair told reporters that the key to their union is that they pray together, sing around town in their acapella group of two, the “Singing Chaplains,” and—the…
Secret to 70 Years of Marriage? It’s All About This
Norma Timms proved the old adage that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. She is celebrating her 70th wedding anniversary with husband John today. Their love was put to the test soon after they got together when he was conscripted to the army for two years, but regular postal deliveries of…