Sparkling Diamond Weddings
MARJORIE AND DAVE COLE celebrated their Diamond Wedding towards the end of last year and are now approaching their 60th anniversary of living in Australia.
They were married in Manchester in the UK and hadn’t been married for long when Dave saw the adverts for living in Australia.
“He said why don’t we give it a go and we did,” said Majorie. “The hardest part was telling my parents. When I told my Gran we were going to see Sydney Harbour she asked who he was.”
Rather than come by ship the couple arrived by Boeing 707 “We were one of the first groups to fly to Australia and we were wearing all our winter clothes and our heavy coats and we landed in February and it was so hot.”
“We stopped about 4 or 5 times to refuel. The young couple’s arrival in Sydney coincided with the change to decimal currency on February 14th 1966. A few years later Marjorie’s parents and her sister moved to Australia.
The couple moved around Sydney for the first few years looking for the right place to live and hit upon Baulkham Hills where they have lived for over 50 years in the same house.
They have two sons, Simon and Nigel, and three grandchildren. They are lifetime members of the Ulysses motorcycle club for people ages over 40 and for a time they were volunteer guides at Old Parliament House in Parramatta. They are still involved in the Hills Men’s Shed.
“We are very happy,” said Majorie. “No regrets.”
LIZ AND GEORGE BOLTON are set to celebrate their diamond wedding with family on March 9th and while they may not be dancing on the day they certainly will be soon with two family weddings on the horizon.
The couple, no 89 and 83, have lived in the Hills for 60 years, all their married life, starting in North Rocks before they moved to Castle Hill.
The two met in 1964 at the Five Dock Ballroom Dance Studio and formed a friendship based on their love of dance. They became engaged soon after and married on the 6th March 1965. George has worked in the motor trade over the years in many different capacities.
Their daughter Lisa said her father had followed his father who had a successful mechanical business at Parramatta before moving to Castle Hill.
“He was always supported by Liz,” she said.
They have two children, David and Lisa and will enjoy lunch with their children and their partners as well as their five grandchildren who they are very close to.
Liz and George have travelled extensively over the years both around Australia and internationally, including America, United Kingdom, Europe and South Africa and have met many long term friends..
They are both looking forward to their grandson’s wedding in April this year and their granddaughter’s wedding in February next year where dancing may well be on the cards..
Liz enjoys her card making with friends and gardening. George enjoys being a member of the Men’s Shed and has worked as a volunteer at the Castle.
Hill Museum for 10 years. He is also a member of the Masonic Lodge. They love going to Probus outings together. Daughter Lisa said they are “truly devoted to each other”.
