Couple celebrate 81st wedding anniversary

The couple first met when they were both 18

A centenarian couple have celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary.

Dorothy Walter, 103, and Tim Walter, 102, met as 18-year-olds in Southampton during World War Two, when they were making planes in a factory.

The couple, who now live together in a care home in Wingham, Kent, married when they were 21.

They said the secret to their long and successful marriage was the fact they "never argue".

Mrs Walter said: "We can’t believe it’s 81 years"

Mr Walter said: “We were happy together, always happy together.

“I used to get on a bike in the evening to see her”.

Mrs Walter said: “It’s a long time ago, we just took to each other. He took me to the pictures, that was it.

“We agree, we discuss, we don’t row."

She added: "We can’t believe it’s 81 years."

They couple married when they were both 21

Following the war, the pair moved to Elmstone and spent 32 years there as farmers.

They also travelled around Europe on a boat.

They lived in their own home until they were 101-years-old, before moving into residential care in 2022.

The couple had two daughters, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.