A DEVOTED Cirencester couple celebrated seven decades of a "long and loving" marriage.
Ann and Ron Green's wedding at Ashcroft Methodist Church on May, 23 in Cirencester featured in the Standard in 1953.
Reading the article transports you back to the day, it described the church as "nicely decorated with mauve and white lilac".
The article reported that Ann wore "a dress of white taffeta, with an overskirt of net, her full-length veil being held in place by a coronet of white flowers" and carried "a bouquet of red roses with trailing fern".
It also noted the couple's involvement in the community and said: "The bridegroom is leader of the Cirencester Boys Club and the bride an officer of the Girls' Life Brigade, members of the two organisations combining to form a guard of honour as the newly-wedded couple left the church."
Ann, aged 90, and Ron, aged 92, celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary on two separate occasions last month.
Firstly, the couple celebrated this momentous milestone with Methodist Church members on Sunday, May 21 and then had a family celebration on Saturday, May 27.
Ann, who used to run Fairford Library, was born and raised in Cirencester and her family ran a laundry service in the avenue.
Former accountant Ron was born in Hunstanton, Norfolk and moved to Cirencester during the war because his father worked on aircraft in the area.
The Greens are still very active members of the Methodist church and used to run the youth groups there.
Their daughter Hilary Savage fondly remembers her parents inviting lots of students from the Royal Agricultural College over for Sunday lunch after church.
Hilary said: "I am sure they have been very inspirational to a lot of young people over the years.
"They are still in contact with some of the agricultural students today.
"When I was growing up they were involved with the church youth group.
"We were always doing activities such as Saturday mornings swims in the open air pool, weekends away at Cowley Manor and camping weekends on local farms.
"They have three grandchildren who they are very proud of.
"One is in the Royal Marines Band Service and was involved with the coronation, one is a nurse and the other runs a successful business.
"Mum ran Fairford Library until her retirement and Dad was an accountant, which he still does to help friends out at 92 years of age.
"I am very proud that my parents have had such a long and loving marriage."
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