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Railway couple celebrate diamond day
A RAILWAY siding may seem an unlikely place for love to cast its seed.
But for Wallace and Megan Mills, a chance meeting by the tracks bloomed into a marriage that has lasted 60 years.
The couple, who are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary today, met at Stonehouse Station in 1946 when he was a locomotive fireman and she was a booking clerk.
Wallace, 84, first saw his wife-to-be from a siding as she was walking to work across fields that became the Park Estate.
"She had to go right past my engine," he said.
"She always looked down at her feet and for the first three days she ignored me.
"She never spoke but eventually I got to know her."
Megan, 87, remembers their first meeting affectionately.
"I had to give a message to one of the train workers and my husband was there," she said.
"He just asked me if I would like to show him around Stonehouse and I said 'That won't take very long'.
"When we met first it seemed as though we were just meant for each other because our likes and dislikes are about the same."
The couple got on so well that they married 18 months later.
Their wedding was held in St Cyr's Church on March 27, 1948, when Britain was still under war rationing.
"I had coupons for the wedding dress, coupons for my suit and coupons for the food," said Wallace.
"But with people helping us, we managed to put on a show."
The newlyweds lived to a flat in Gloucester before moving to an apartment in London Road, Stroud in 1951 and to a flat in Stonehouse in 1953.
The couple, who have five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, now live in Meadow Road, Stonehouse.
Wallace explained that settling your differences is the key to a successful marriage.
"My father always said 'Never go to bed if you've had an argument and not solved it'," he said.
"Otherwise a molehill becomes a mountain.
"We've been very very close all the time."
Megan said she could not believe they were celebrating 60 years.
"I think you've got to learn to give and take," she said.
"We have always done things to please each other.
"Life has its sad times but we've had a lot of good times too."
The couple, both members of Stonehouse Friendly Circle, said their main achievement together was their daughters Pauline, 59, and Joy, 56.
The anniversary party will be held at the Stroud Masonic Hall on Sunday, March 30.
9:30am Thursday 27th March 2008
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