'Working together' key to marriage

Working together is the key to marriage according to one couple who are experts in the field, having celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this week.

Eighty-six-year-olds Leslie and Bertha Goor, of Boston, Lincolnshire told reporters that the secret of making their wartime romance become a lasting partnership was working together and looking after each other.

"We have worked together for many years and looked after one another – that is the secret," said Mr Goor in the Boston Standard.

The couple met during the Second World War when Mr Goor was a gunner in the Royal Artillery and Mrs Goor helped out on her father's farm.

They still pay homage to their early years, with Mr Goor saying: "We still go to Old Leake Church now and I remember our wedding day as a nice event which many family and friends attended."

Since their 1941 wedding, they have had two children and six grandchildren and they celebrated their anniversary at home.

Adding her voice to what kept them together after all this time, Mrs Goor said: "We just get on well together."