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Dancing to romance

A COUPLE who met while out dancing celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary in style, with a big surprise party. Fred and Phylis Young, of Knella Road, WGC, were surrounded by their family - two daughters, one son, five grandchildren and four great grandchildren - for the occasion. They met 60 years ago in a dance hall in WGC, and after a whirlwind romance married in St Mary's Church on September 1, 1945. Hatfield-born Fred served three years in the Royal Navy Patrol Service during World War Two, and worked for 50 years at Hatfield's British Aerospace. Nowadays Fred, 85, likes watching sport on TV

Happy ending to big film romance

ROMANCE on the big screen had a spin-off for a young couple working at the former Empire Cinema in the town centre. Projectionist Joseph Martindale fell in love with usherette Patricia Fell after spotting her selling tickets and ice cream. The moment he first clapped eyes on her he told a friend ‘I’m going to marry that woman’. And his prediction came true – six months later Joseph popped the question and they were married at Sacred Heart Church in Milnrow Road 50 years ago. The hard-working couple’s evenings at the cinema came on top of full-time day jobs. For 40 years Mr Martindale,

NEW ROMANCE FOR BEAN

THE LORD OF THE RINGS star SEAN BEAN is enjoying a whirlwind romance with a budding actress 19 years his junior - and they are already planning a family. The 46-year-old screen hunk first met GEORGINA SUTCLIFFE, 27, at an exclusive bar in Soho, London where she worked - and their love has been getting stronger by the day. A friend of the star tells British newspaper the Daily Mirror, "It's been a real whirlwind but they are very happy with each other. "They met at a bar in Soho and have been together ever since. She's also been on the sets of

Russia celebrates Easter holidays

The Orthodox world is celebrating Easter, the most important religious holiday, on May 1st. President Vladimir Putin congratulated all Orthodox Christians and all Russian citizens on the holy day, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. "On this happy spring day I would like to especially emphasize the increasing positive influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional Christian confessions on the formation of the spiritual and moral climate in the Russian society, the upbringing of the growing generation, the solution of actual problems in the field of culture and education," President Vladimir Putin said in his speech to the faithful.

Evacuees to marry after whirlwind romance

A new friend Jacqueline Gordon met at the New Orleans Convention Center told her God was going to send her a husband. That was four days after Hurricane Katrina filled Gordon's home to the roof with water and sent her packing, homeless and penniless. "I was looking for nobody," Gordon said at Camp Williams Sunday. "I had my mind on surviving." But maybe her friend, Yolanda Favorith, really was privy to God's plan. In fact, Gordon had already met her future husband. After traveling two days from her flooded home to