Two lovebirds who hated each other when they first met at primary school have celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary – and revealed they’ve ‘never had an argument.’
The pair began courting in their late teens, but were separated for two years when Osborne joined the Royal Air Force and was based in Singapore.
Determined to keep the romance blossoming, they stayed in touch by writing to each other every day – with Osborne even proposing to his sweetheart with a letter in the post, and the pair have remained inseparable ever since.
They celebrated 70 years of marriage on Wednesday, June 17, with a buffet in their garden as friends and family dropped by to give their best wishes, cards and gifts.
Osborne, who said the couple had a ‘lovely day’, revealed: “We’ve had a great life and we’ve got a wonderful family. We all get on and it was lovely to see them all.
“We don’t feel our age at all, we look after each other and ourselves and we’re healthy and happy. We’ve never had an argument really, maybe the odd cross word, but nothing serious. And we never slept on it.”
He added: “It’s got to the point now where we’re almost telepathic, we can read other’s minds and we know what each other is thinking. Plenty of times I’ll suggest something and Edith will say ‘I was just thinking that.’
“We just get on. We take each day as it comes and we always have done. I think it comes from the days of the RAF when we didn’t know what would happen.”
But Osborne said the couple didn’t always see eye to eye, adding: “She hated me at first, she always copied off me in class.”
The couple soon hit it off as they got older and began dating when they left high school.
Osborne explained: “We both went to grammar school and then as we got older, we saw more of each other. We had seen each other a few times and then I joined the RAF and was posted to Singapore for two and a half years, so you could say our courtship was by post.
“There was no internet then, no landlines even, so everything was done by letter. I proposed to her by letter and she accepted by letter. I even sent her £20 to pick her own engagement ring.
“We planned the wedding by letters back and forth. We could never argue about who said what back in those days as it was all written down.”
The couple, who have four children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, married at their local Salvation Army Church in 1950.
The buffet was largely provided by Osborne, who brought food back with him from his post in Singapore because rationing was still being enforced in the UK.
Edith, who spent 30 years in nursing after having children, said the couple had always been happy and their home had always been filled with love.
Recalling Osborne’s proposal, she said: “I thought he’d have proposed to me after me writing to him for two years, so it wasn’t a surprise. But I was glad he did.
“There was never a chance I was going to say no, I started planning the wedding straight away.
“I think the one reason we get on so well is we have so many shared interests and the same tastes in music. We’re very much alike and we’re just always happy, always making each other laugh.”
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