Roy and Pam Hazell celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary

Roy, 92 and Pam, 91, Hazell, who both live at Beech Tree care home, in Sprents Lane, celebrated their special milestone day with family on Saturday, March 2.

The pair got married in their 20s on March 1, 1954, at the Holy Cross Church in Greenford, Middlesex, after meeting when they were youngsters in Perivale.

"We lived four doors away from each other so you couldn't help but meet living four doors away from each other," explained Roy.

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Roy said on their first date they went to the cinema to see a film in Ealing called Up in Arms.

"I thought Pam was beautiful and it was just really fortunate that we were only four doors away from each other. My parents moved away and I went into digs with a family just across the road from where I lived."

Roy and Pam, who have four children - Christine Heath, Mark Hazell, Graham Hazell and Nigel Hazell - used to live on the outskirts of London where Roy worked in a bank and Pam worked as a secretary for a firm of solicitors.

When asked what the secret to a happy marriage is, Roy added: "Never assume everything you do is correct and listen to what the other person's point of view is."

They have 10 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren and after previously living in Liphook have been in the Basingstoke area for around 12 years.

Roy said: "We have a very big family and we are at the top of the pecking order now as we are the oldest."

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Nearly all the couple's family visited them to celebrate the day and the pair also had a card from King Charles and enjoyed a cake.

"It was lovely to see everybody but when it was our wedding we were the youngest of everybody there but when it came to the recent thing we were the oldest of everybody there," Roy added.