The Campbells now live in Wheaton Aston but Mr Campbell for many years ran a Butcjers on Tettenhall green. We catch up with them as they mark 60 years of marriage.
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00:00So we're here in Wheaton Aston and we're with, introduce yourselves.
00:04Roy Campbell and Patricia Campbell.
00:07How you doing guys, you okay? Yes we're fine, thank you.
00:09So we join you on a special time in your life, you're celebrating Diamond Wedding.
00:16That's right, 60 years. 60 years, yeah, yeah.
00:19I can't believe it, can you?
00:21Has it flown by? It has, yeah.
00:24So where were you married at?
00:27St Michael's Church, Maryhill.
00:29Maryhill, I'm just trying to think, I'm not sure.
00:32Is it still there?
00:33Yes, it's still there but it's a big church now.
00:36We were married in the, what's the church hall now?
00:40Okay, yeah, yeah, so it's changed a bit.
00:42Yes, that's the church now.
00:44What's your, how did you meet them? We had a little chat off camera.
00:48You both worked in Wolverhampton, didn't you?
00:50Yes, I worked, I was a butcher in St John's Street.
00:54Yeah.
00:55And Patty was, but four shops up, she was selling, it used to be called Scots.
01:02Yeah.
01:03Scots.
01:04Separates and ladies' underwear.
01:06Yeah.
01:07We were the first shop in Wolverhampton to have coloured underwear.
01:11Were you?
01:12Yeah.
01:13How about that?
01:14Wow, you don't even think, you just take it for granted, don't you?
01:16Yeah.
01:17Wow.
01:18So go on, so how did you meet?
01:20What were you doing hanging around a ladies' underwear shop?
01:24Well, the lady who works with me, she kept sending me up for whatever, like some nylons or whatever.
01:33Yeah.
01:34And we got to know each other like that.
01:36Yeah.
01:37And I asked her out one night.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Went to the pictures.
01:42I was going to say, yeah, so where did you go? Went to the pictures on your first date?
01:45Yes.
01:46Yeah.
01:47I think so.
01:48Can you remember what you saw?
01:50Oh.
01:51Not me.
01:52No.
01:53No.
01:54No.
01:55Too busy kissing in the back row.
01:56No, no, no.
01:57No, no, no.
01:58We wasn't that close.
01:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:00We was holding hands.
02:01Yeah.
02:02And that's it.
02:03Ah, that's sweet.
02:04So back in those days, dating, so there was the cinema.
02:08And then was it kind of the time where, you know, you'd get to look at a dance as well, a tea dance-y kind of place?
02:14I did.
02:15Yeah?
02:16I loved dancing.
02:17I used to go with my best friend to the Queen's.
02:19Oh, the Queen's Ballroom.
02:20Yeah, yeah.
02:21Well, have any of you ever seen pictures of that?
02:23It looked magnificent.
02:24It was wonderful.
02:25Yeah.
02:26Yeah.
02:27So you must have been very sad when that disappeared then.
02:29Oh, it was terrible.
02:30The roof came in.
02:31Oh, is that what happened?
02:32Yeah.
02:33Ah, OK.
02:34Yeah.
02:35And what about Roy?
02:36Could he dance?
02:37Not really.
02:38No.
02:39My friend helped teach in a dancing school.
02:45Yeah.
02:46So I started to go there.
02:47You only came once, didn't you?
02:49You won a medal at dancing, didn't you?
02:51Yes, I did.
02:52Oh, wow.
02:53Bronze medal for Latin American.
02:54Wow.
02:55OK.
02:56Yeah, yeah.
02:57Good stuff.
02:58So you were dating for a while.
03:00Love blossomed.
03:01Yes.
03:02That's it.
03:03Yes.
03:04Do you remember?
03:05I'm presuming you proposed, Roy.
03:06Yeah?
03:07It's normally in the man, isn't it?
03:09Was it you?
03:10I don't think so.
03:11No, it was his mum who said it was time you two got married.
03:14Oh, was it?
03:15Yeah.
03:16Yeah.
03:17Yes.
03:18Yeah, yeah.
03:19That's when we got engaged, wasn't it?
03:21Yeah.
03:22So did you manage to get a honeymoon when you were married?
03:24Yes, we went to Sussex Gardens.
03:26Wow.
03:27In London.
03:28Yeah.
03:29Interesting.
03:30Yeah.
03:31It was only for about three or four days.
03:33Yeah.
03:34And did you ever go back there over the years?
03:35No.
03:36No.
03:37No.
03:38That's a shame.
03:39It was really strange because the next morning she was banging on the door saying it's time
03:42you were downstairs for breakfast.
03:44What?
03:45At the guest house?
03:46Yeah.
03:47You know how it is.
03:48Yeah.
03:49Banging on the door to tell us to get out.
03:50Mind you, it was half past nine.
03:51Yeah, but you know, it's up to you, isn't it?
03:54If you want to get out for breakfast, you'll get out.
03:56I don't know.
03:57Yeah.
03:58How things have changed.
03:59I know.
04:00Too right, too right.
04:01Yeah.
04:02So over the years, you've had children, sadly lost your daughter.
04:06Yeah.
04:07That was a tough thing for you to go through.
04:09Yeah.
04:10But you've got a son.
04:12Yes.
04:13Yes, Stephen.
04:14Yes.
04:15And a couple of grandkids as well that you've played a part in raising.
04:18Yeah.
04:19Where have you enjoyed holidaying over the years?
04:22Any particular favourite place you've spent time?
04:24Oh, we've been to Spain a lot.
04:26Yeah, we used to like Paraguay.
04:28Okay.
04:29The Angela Hotel.
04:30It was lovely.
04:31Oh, absolutely.
04:32Lovely hotel.
04:33We've been to Greece and we've been to Tunisia a lot of times.
04:35France.
04:36Yeah.
04:37Have you done a lot of travelling then?
04:38Yes.
04:39Oh, yes.
04:40Make sure we had a holiday every year.
04:41Yeah.
04:42Yeah.
04:44And people might, who watch this and are from the black country, particularly Wolverhampton,
04:48Technal way, might think, that chap, he does look a bit familiar.
04:52Why might they think that, Roy?
04:54You were a businessman in Tecnal for a number of years.
04:57Yes, I had the shop for 27 years.
05:00As a butcher's, weren't it?
05:01Used to treat me as a landlord.
05:03Yeah.
05:04Used to come and tell me all the stories.
05:06Yeah, all the gossip.
05:07All the gossip.
05:08Yeah, yeah.
05:09And the what?
05:10You were in the bank as well.
05:12They just tried to check for me.
05:14Yeah.
05:15Oh, yeah.
05:16Yeah.
05:17But I miss it, really.
05:18I miss all the customers.
05:20Well, that's the thing, isn't it?
05:21When you work somewhere like that and you've got your regulars, like you say, it's, you
05:25know, it's a whole social thing, isn't it?
05:28Yeah, that's right.
05:29And I become friends.
05:30Yeah, exactly.
05:31Yeah, yeah.
05:32And a few of them used to say, could you put us in the book till the weekend?
05:35Yeah.
05:36Used to say, yeah.
05:37Was it on tick?
05:38Is that what you say, on tick?
05:39On tick.
05:40But when I left, the presence I had.
05:43Yeah.
05:44It's amazing.
05:45Yeah.
05:46So it was, it was next to the post office and it was called Campbell Butchers.
05:49Used to be next to the chemist.
05:51Next to the chemist, yeah.
05:52Campbell's Butchers.
05:53Campbell's Butchers.
05:54You had a few guests.
05:55We got a, we'll bring up a picture.
05:57Mr. John Redwood.
05:58He popped along for a.
05:59John Redwood.
06:00Yeah.
06:01Staged Geoffrey Howe.
06:02Yeah.
06:03Michael Heseltine.
06:04What about the one who's on the TV now?
06:07He came, didn't he, Michael?
06:09Portillo.
06:10That's him.
06:11Ah, okay.
06:12Yeah, yeah.
06:13And you had Rachel Hayo Flint.
06:14I recognised her on a picture.
06:16She was nice, wasn't she, Rachel?
06:18Sadly, no longer with us.
06:19She did a lot for Ribbage Cricket.
06:20She did.
06:21Yeah, yeah.
06:22And a great ambassador for Wolves and the club.
06:24That's right.
06:25And the city, really, you know.
06:26She worked hard.
06:27Yeah.
06:28So what's the secret?
06:29I mean, I'm a married man.
06:30I've got a few years to go till I get to my diamond.
06:32Yeah.
06:33You know, is there any kind of words of advice you can pass on to a, I was going to say,
06:38young married couple.
06:39I'm not young anymore.
06:40But, you know, to married couples, what's some words of advice for longevity and...
06:45I would say give and take.
06:48And tell each other you love them every day.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Which we do.
06:54Yeah.
06:55We always have done.
06:56Never take it for granted.
06:57Always, always, yeah.
06:58Yeah.
06:59Always say...
07:00Never say no.
07:01Never say no.
07:02Never say no.
07:07So how are you going to mark this occasion then?
07:10Obviously, you were kind of fitting and fiddling up and about.
07:14Weren't you up until a few years ago?
07:16And you had a nasty fall.
07:17Yes.
07:18So, obviously, that's impacted your mobility massively.
07:21You've had a lot to contend with.
07:22That's right.
07:23I presume, you know, the support of a loving husband comes even more.
07:27I don't know what I'd do without him.
07:29Yeah.
07:30Yeah.
07:31Yeah.
07:32It's hard work, but it's his hair still.
07:35Yeah.
07:36Well, exactly.
07:37Yeah, yeah.
07:38So are you planning on having a couple of guests round,
07:41or is it just kind of anything at all?
07:44We've got a couple of men coming round later on.
07:48Yeah.
07:49Just for a cup of tea and a chat.
07:50Stephen's coming tonight.
07:52And my son's going to bring a takeaway tonight.
07:54Oh, good.
07:55What takeaway do you like?
07:57We like them both.
07:58Oh, yeah.
07:59Chinese and Indian?
08:00Yeah.
08:01Oh, do you?
08:02Yeah.
08:03Well, fair play.
08:05Chinese and Indian, it was never passing the lips.
08:07Do you know what I mean?
08:08Oh, no.
08:09So you're quite adventurous with your food.
08:10I bet that's come off the back of all the travelling as well you've done.
08:13Yes.
08:14Do you know what I mean?
08:15Yeah, yeah.
08:16Well, thank you for inviting us, the Expression of Stardown,
08:19to kind of celebrate it with you.
08:21Thank you so much for coming.
08:23No problem.
08:24I can sense the warmth and the love between you, which is lovely.
08:27And I should mention, you've got a special card, haven't you?
08:30That's right.
08:31So if anyone gets to their 60th, they'll get a special card off Charles and old Camilla there.
08:37That's it.
08:38They'll be popping round for a brew later, I'm sure.
08:42Well, we wish you all the best, guys, and take care.
08:44Thank you very much, and thank you for coming.
08:46It's really kind of you.