A celebration for diamond couple Mr and Mrs Bean
They began courting after their first meeting at the age of 17, but a year later Mr Bean was sent to Belize for his national service.
On his return the pair, both 81, got engaged and married on March 2 1957 at St Paulinus Church in Dewsbury.
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Hide AdThey went on to have four children and now have nine grandchildren.
Mr Bean, from Wakefield, spent his career at the Yorkshire Electricity Board while Dewsbury-born Mrs Bean worked at a carpet mill in Ravensthorpe.
The secret to their happy marriage, Mrs Bean said, is always being honest and never keeping secrets.