Diamond Chryston couple mark 60 years of wedded bliss with a special card from the Queen

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A diamond Lanarkshire duo who met aboard a Royal Naval ship party in Plymouth, celebrated 60 years of wedded bliss recently.Susan and John Lindsay met whilst John was serving as a seaman - and after a whirlwind romance, the young lovebirds were engaged on Susan’s 18th birthday.They were then married a year later on March 14, 1962 at St Andrew’s Church, Royal Parade, Plymouth.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The pair celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary with a visit from the Provost and a special card from Her Majesty the Queen last month.

Susan told Lanarkshire Live : “John was in the Royal Field Auxiliary, which was attached to the Royal Navy. "He went in as a young man in his 20s and he was 23 when I met him - I was only 16.“My parents had moved to Plymouth from the Isle of Wight, which meant I moved with them.“We met at a party on board a ship.

I thought he was quite nice looking and we chatted all night. Then he went away and I wrote to him."He went away for a whole year and we wrote a lot of letters to each other in that time - when he came home we got engaged on my 18th birthday.”The devoted couple lived in Cornwall until John came ashore and they then moved to London in 1969.Originally from Rosyth, John then continued his engineering career in Scotland and the couple moved to