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GEORGE and
Agnes Sutton never
held hands or kissed
before they walked
up the aisle at St
Cuthbert’s Church,
Didsbury, on their
wedding day in Sep-
tember 1930.
Sixty years later,
they are about to
celebrate their dia-
mond wedding.
Their recipe for a
successful marriage
is simple. ‘We get
along very well and
don’t keep any dif-
ferences going,’ says
George, now 88.
The couple met
at work and courted
for nine months be-
fore getting married.
Agnes had been
out with ‘one or two’
boys before but she
was George’s first
girlfriend.
For nine months,
they met twice a
week, and usually
went to the pictures.
But physical contact
was out of the ques-
tion.
‘I don’t think we ever
held hands – I didn’t
know him properly,’
said Agnes. ‘He
might have given me
a peck on the cheek
when he was leaving
me, but we never
held hands.’
Agnes says the
key to their long,
successful marriage
has been their de-
termination to sort
out any differences.
‘In our day,
when you got mar-
ried, that was it.
There were mar-
riages that didn’t
work out but you
didn’t leave your
husband.
‘Of course we
have had rows.
We’ve fallen out and
not spoken to each
other, but we have
always managed to
sort it out by sitting
down and telling
each other what we
think,’ she said.
‘It’s all too free
and easy today. Peo-
ple are always
switching, and
changing. To me it
doesn’t seem right,’
she said.
FINANCIAL re-
searcher Claire Ran-
dell, 28, married mer-
chant banker Peter
Bowman, 28, this
March after a four-
year courtship.
‘I went to Durham
University and had a
couple of boyfriends
there, then came to
London for work.
When I met Peter it
wasn’t love at first
sight. He had had
girlfriends before me,
but neither of us was
jealous about the past.
‘In fact, I preferred
that he had already
had other relation-
ships. We’d both had
time to make mis-
takes, to know what
we’d had and what
we wanted. If you
have been out with
other people you rec-
ognize the goodness
in a real relationship.
‘Peter bought a flat
near mine in West
Hampstead, but after
about two years we
decided to buy a
house together.
‘The crunch came
in our relationship
when we went on a
long trip. We went to
India, Nepal,
Hongkong and then
Thailand, where Peter
proposed on a palm-
lined beach. I must
admit I didn’t have to
think twice but just
said yes.
‘We didn’t move
back in together when
we returned to Lon-
don. I felt that if I
was wearing white
and having an old-
fashioned wedding, I
wanted to respect tra-
dition by living apart
at the end.
Different
‘I’m really enjoying
being married; it does
feel different from
just living together.
With a woman there
are obvious externals
– the name change
and the ring – but it’s
more than that. You
feel you’ve made a
big step. It’s different
and it’s better,’ said
Claire.
3.2
Which questions does your article answer?
a Who speaks in the article – the husbands or the wives?
b Which couple were married in Didsbury?
c Where did Claire and Peter get engaged?
d When do couples celebrate their diamond wedding? 
First real kiss came on We’d both had time to
the wedding day         make mistakes
    GEORGE         and    know him properly,’          FINANCIAL re-           in our relationship
Agnes Sutton never        said Agnes. ‘He           searcher Claire Ran-       when we went on a
held hands or kissed      might have given me       dell, 28, married mer-     long trip. We went to
before they walked        a peck on the cheek       chant banker Peter         India,          Nepal,
up the aisle at St        when he was leaving       Bowman, 28, this           Hongkong and then
Cuthbert’s Church,        me, but we never          March after a four-        Thailand, where Peter
Didsbury, on their        held hands.’              year courtship.            proposed on a palm-
wedding day in Sep-           Agnes says the           ‘I went to Durham       lined beach. I must
tember 1930.              key to their long,        University and had a       admit I didn’t have to
    Sixty years later,    successful marriage       couple of boyfriends       think twice but just
they are about to         has been their de-        there, then came to        said yes.
celebrate their dia-      termination to sort       London for work.             ‘We didn’t move
mond wedding.             out any differences.      When I met Peter it        back in together when
    Their recipe for a        ‘In our day,          wasn’t love at first       we returned to Lon-
successful marriage       when you got mar-         sight. He had had          don. I felt that if I
is simple. ‘We get        ried, that was it.        girlfriends before me,     was wearing white
along very well and       There were mar-           but neither of us was      and having an old-
don’t keep any dif-       riages that didn’t        jealous about the past.    fashioned wedding, I
ferences going,’ says     work out but you             ‘In fact, I preferred   wanted to respect tra-
George, now 88.           didn’t leave your         that he had already        dition by living apart
    The couple met        husband.                  had other relation-        at the end.
at work and courted         ‘Of course we           ships. We’d both had
for nine months be-       have had rows.            time to make mis-
fore getting married.     We’ve fallen out and      takes, to know what                Different
    Agnes had been        not spoken to each        we’d had and what            ‘I’m really enjoying
out with ‘one or two’     other, but we have        we wanted. If you          being married; it does
boys before but she       always managed to         have been out with         feel different from
was George’s first        sort it out by sitting    other people you rec-      just living together.
girlfriend.               down and telling          ognize the goodness        With a woman there
    For nine months,      each other what we        in a real relationship.    are obvious externals
they met twice a          think,’ she said.            ‘Peter bought a flat    – the name change
week, and usually             ‘It’s all too free    near mine in West          and the ring – but it’s
went to the pictures.     and easy today. Peo-      Hampstead, but after       more than that. You
But physical contact      ple     are    always     about two years we         feel you’ve made a
was out of the ques-      switching,        and     decided to buy a           big step. It’s different
tion.                     changing. To me it        house together.            and it’s better,’ said
‘I don’t think we ever    doesn’t seem right,’         ‘The crunch came        Claire.
held hands – I didn’t     she said.


3.2       Which questions does your article answer?
      a      Who speaks in the article – the husbands or the wives?
      b      Which couple were married in Didsbury?
      c      Where did Claire and Peter get engaged?
      d      When do couples celebrate their diamond wedding?

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