GORDON and Elaine Wells, both 75, celebrated their golden wedding on Saturday, September 6, with a lunch party at Flixton Golf Club.

Both the bridesmaids and the Best Man were at the party.

Elaine’s sister, Barbara, travelled over from Spain to be there.

They themselves met at Barbara’s wedding in Sheffield to Gordon’s cousin, Trevor

Gordon said: “All my relatives come from Yorkshire. I am the only Lancashire lad.”

The couple married at Brightholmlee Methodist Church, Sheffield, on September 5, 1964 and moved to Davyhulme.

Gordon, the current President and long time member of the Canterbury Players said: “Before we were married, I asked Elaine to see a play and we announced our engagement after another play in 1963.”

In 1976, Elaine became responsible for the Players’ props, a job she did for 27 years.

When they first met, Elaine worked in a hospital in Sheffield but, when they moved here after their marriage, she worked in the pharmacy at Trafford General Hospital until retiring at 60.

Until he was 50, Gordon was a radio and TV engineer at Shannon’s Radio Ltd in Urmston.

When it closed he set up a successful painting and decorating business which he ran until he retired at the age of 65.

The couple’s first home was in Exeter Road, Davyhulme.

They moved to their bungalow in Winchester Road, in 1992 and have enjoyed renovating it.

Elaine said the key to a happy marriage was “ having a sense of humour” Gordon said it was “working together.”