A couple who met at school when they were 11 and married in the last year of the Second World War are celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
Betty and Donald Woodgate, both 92, from Banstead, lived in the same street as children and first met at South Lambeth School in London and went on to marry at the age of 22.
As they celebrated their anniversary on Saturday, Mrs Woodgate said the secret of their long and happy marriage is "give and take and sharing".
She initially worked as a dressmaker in Oxford Street and her future husband opted for a career in the printing industry.
When war broke out, Mrs Woodgate first worked in a munitions factory alongside Winston Churchill's cousin Lady Sarah Churchill who was brought there by a butler from Blenheim Palace each day.
She later served in the Land Army while Mr Woodgate served on King George V battleship on the Arctic convoys and saw action involving the famous German battleship the Bismark.
After the war the couple lived in Streatham and Mr Woodgate worked first as a driver then as an instructor on the London buses.
They have lived in Banstead for about 15 years near to their only child Colin and daughter-in-law Judith Woodgate, who themselves have been married 43 years.
King George V battleship
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