Hospital visit ensures golden couple don't have to spend their milestone wedding anniversary apart

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that may well be the case for a Pather couple as they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary.Francis and Mary Cain married at Sacred Heart Church in Bellshill on January 8, 1972, after meeting around a year earlier.The couple feared they would have to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary apart last Saturday as Frankie is an in-patient at Wishaw General where only essential visiting is currently allowed due to COVID restrictions.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 Their daughter Pauline Cook told Lanarkshire Live: “My mum managed to get in for a visit and I’ve never seen her so happy in my life.”They had first clapped eyes on each other at the wedding of a friend two years earlier, and began courting which led to them getting engaged in 1971.

After marrying Mary from Bellshill and Wishaw-man Frankie, as he’s better knowm, settled down in their first marital home in Birkshaw Tower in Gowkthrapple.They went on to have five children.

Their eldest son Nicholas arrived in 1974, sister Pauline arrived in 1976 and was followed three years later by a second daughter; Beverley.The burgeoning family then upped sticks and moved to a bigger “front and back door” home in Pather in 1981.