A COUPLE who met after one of them knocked the other over in a road accident have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
Beryl Turner Rose was literally swept off her feet by Albert Pulsford in spring 1952, when he clipped the wheel of her bicycle with the Co-op van he was driving on Corporation Road, Chelmsford, knocking her into the street.
Luckily Beryl was unhurt, and Burt asked her out on a date, taking her to the cinema in Chelmsford the next day to see 'The Thing From Another World'. Unfortunately, it terrified Beryl so much that he had to walk her home and missed his last bus, resulting in a five-mile hike to his Boreham home in the dark.
But the young suitor clearly made a good impression as the couple went on to marry at Chelmsford Register Office three years later.
And since their wedding on January 31, 1955, Beryl, 78, and Albert, 81, have become the proud parents of six children, 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, with two more on the way.
"Every love story is beautiful, but this is my favourite," said their daughter Jannett Gilbey, 50, of Springfield Park Avenue, Chelmsford.
More than 60 years after they met, Bert and Beryl, from Queensland Crescent, Melbourne, Chelmsford, celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with their friends and family, and Mrs Gilbey said just one thing would top their celebration.
"After mum and dad got married, their good friends, Ron and Nancy Graham drove them there and back in Ron's taxi, and Ron took the only photographs of the wedding," said Mrs Gilbey.
"Soon after, Bert and Beryl somehow lost touch with the couple and since then, the photographs have sadly never been seen.
"We would dearly love to get in touch with Ron and Nancy or members of their family who might still have these wedding photographs."
Despite the loss of their beloved pictures, the pair enjoyed their day, and have had more than 60 happy years together.
According to the couple, the success of their relationship has been down to "never taking advantage of one another, working together, good communication, honesty, not letting the sun go down on your anger, being understanding, and laughing and having fun together".
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