A WARTIME romance blossomed into 50 years of marriage for Frank and Hannah Gough.

Frank and Hannah, who celebrate their Golden Wedding today wrote to each other for a year before they actually met up and got married a year after the war ended.

Hannah, known as Ann, recalled: "Frank was in the RAF and I was in the Land Army and we used to write to each other."

Since retiring as a joiner, Frank, 76, has re-kindled his interest in writing and hopes to one day write a best-seller.

Hannah, who was an auxiliary nurse at Park Lee Hospital for many years, has a double reason to celebrate her anniversary, it is also her 71st birthday tomorrow

The couple, of Ferrier Close, Blackburn, have two daughters and a son, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

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