Britain's longest-lasting marriage ends after 81 years


	Britain's longest-lasting marriage ends after 81 years

Lexica

9-3-2009 6:21 PM

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marriage, love, aging, eldering, relationships, passages

Lexica says:

Rest in peace, Mr. Milford. And much sympathy to Mrs. Milford.

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They married on May 26, 1928 at Torpoint Register Office in Cornwall - the year the first £1 note came into circulation and Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.

After the ceremony, they saw a Charlie Chaplin film at the cinema.

They survived two German bombs in the Blitz in Plymouth during the Second World War - one of them fell on their house.

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9-4-2009 12:56 AM

lollipop10

wow, good for them!

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