By Andrew Ffrench @OxMailAndyF Business reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
Audrey and George Cullimore With divorces increasing and fewer weddings, the chances of completing 50 years of marriage are diminishing. So three, if not four, cheers for this family who have celebrated four golden anniversaries in the last 70 years. First to reach the landmark were John and Susannah Bough, who lived at 435 Marston Road, Oxford. John and Susannah Bough They celebrated their anniversary with a family party in 1952, having married in 1902. The Oxford Mail carried a picture of them, with a brief report. Mr Bough was a painter and decorator and was still working at the age of 76. He and his wife, 75, had an enormous family, with five children, 34 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.