Alan and Maureen Butler from Bentley, Walsall celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
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00:00Okay, so Alan and Maureen, you're celebrating your 65th wedding anniversary, aren't you?
00:05Yes.
00:06And you've told me that that's the blue sapphire, isn't it?
00:10Yes.
00:11Oh, fantastic.
00:12And so where did you meet?
00:14Well, we went to the youth club in Winsbury.
00:19No, that's not where we met, no.
00:21We met on Bilston Carnival.
00:23But she went with some of the girls and I went with some of the lads.
00:27Yes.
00:28And we met up at Bilston Carnival, Igman Park.
00:31Oh, and do you know what year that was at all?
00:34How many years was it before you got married?
00:36I was 15.
00:38I was 15.
00:39Wow.
00:40I was 60.
00:41So you've known each other a long time, anyway.
00:43Yes.
00:44That's great, wonderful.
00:45So where did you get married?
00:46St Patrick's, Blue Lane.
00:48Right, right.
00:49Catholic Church.
00:50I was on the Catholic end.
00:52Yes.
00:53What was the weather like?
00:54Oh, there was snow under our feet.
00:56Oh, was there?
00:57It was quite good, weren't it?
00:59Alan, what are you doing?
01:01It's videoing.
01:02Are you filming?
01:03I'll have some of them somewhere.
01:06Oh.
01:07No problem.
01:08It's a royalty.
01:09No, it's all right.
01:11So today's your anniversary, isn't it?
01:13Yes.
01:14But what are you doing Saturday?
01:16You're having a party on Saturday, aren't you?
01:18Yes, on Saturday night.
01:19So where's that going to be?
01:20The Liverpool Mendoza.
01:22Oh, how lovely.
01:23Oh, how lovely.
01:25So, as I say, you've been together 65 years.
01:29What's the secret?
01:30Not long at 65.
01:31No.
01:32Well, married.
01:33You've been married 65 years, haven't you?
01:35I met her when she was 15.
01:37Yes, so it's a long time.
01:38It's a long time, isn't it?
01:39So what's the secret?
01:40What's the secret of a happy marriage?
01:42What keeps you going?
01:43Give and take.
01:44You've got to be, you know.
01:46I take everything.
01:47I know, really.
01:49You do the giving and she does the taking.
01:54No, I'm only joking.
01:56No, how lovely.
01:57So, congratulations anyway.
02:00And have a lovely time on Saturday at your party.
02:02I'm sure we will.
02:03Okay.
02:04It's only the weather that's going to block it.
02:07That's it, yeah.
02:08It might be a bit rainy, but if you're inside it doesn't matter, does it?
02:12No.
02:13Have a lovely time.
02:14Them getting here.
02:15That's it.
02:16That's the problem.
02:17Yeah, yeah.
02:18Have a lovely time, anyway.
02:19Okay.