A Shotts couple who married 50 years in the past hit the jackpot after they met one another.
Jim and Liz Hendry, who stay in Glen Highway, celebrated their golden anniversary on Friday.
They wed on August 5, 1972 earlier than setting off for a brand new life in Australia shortly after.
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Liz, 79, instructed Lanarkshire Dwell: “We met in a dance corridor in Bathtub Avenue up close to Charing Cross in Glasgow, and married in Calton Parish Church reverse the Barras, I used to be from Glasgow and Jim was born and bred in Shotts.
“We obtained married fairly shortly, Jim was within the Royal Navy and was on account of end his service however they requested him if he fancied going to Australia on mortgage service to the Australian Navy.
"He may solely go as a married man so he requested me.
“We had been primarily based in Canberra for over two years. I favored it however I had aged dad and mom and we got here again. Then the household got here alongside and that was it.”
Jim, 76, was a communications electrician for 12 years within the Navy. The couple moved down beneath simply 4 months after marrying.
“Two weeks after we got here again we had been saying that we must always have stayed, however you wish to come again and see your loved ones,” mentioned Jim.
“I additionally performed soccer over there for Italian facet [Inter] Monaro and obtained paid for it. It was an excellent life over there.”
Jim and Liz arrived again in Scotland and ultimately settled in Jim’s house city.
Liz recalled: “We needed to stay with my mum and pop in John Knox Avenue for 3 months, then we moved to Kildrum after which Westfield in Cumbernauld, and from there to Shottskirk Highway in 1976.”
The couple have two youngsters, Scott and Sharon, each born at Rottenrow Hospital which was perched on the prime of a steep hill in Glasgow.
“They used to say in the event you had been going there and also you weren’t in labour you'd be by the point you bought to the highest,” Liz joked.
They're grandparents to Scott’s youngsters Lewis and Anna, who're each in school.
Liz labored in catering as a dinner woman at Dykehead Major and Jim nonetheless works as a warden on the varsity buses throughout time period time.
Beforehand he spent 25 years at Cummings earlier than transferring to a whisky bottling plant in Edinburgh.
A transfer that turned out fortunate as he was a part of a syndicate that scooped a lottery jackpot win 18 years in the past.
“I labored within the shops at Cummings and ended up with dermatitis so couldn’t work in upkeep,” Jim revealed.
“I then labored at Chivas Regal. The syndicate had seven of us in it and we gained £2.5m.
"It was solely £1 every week and for the primary three years we by no means gained a penny. I nonetheless do the Lottery, however essentially the most I’ve had since then was three numbers.”
“Scott obtained married in South Africa and we travelled there,” mentioned Liz.
“We’ve been again to Australia for a vacation, and we’ve been on cruises.”
“We’ve been to Niagara Falls and thru the Rockies on the practice,” Jim added.
The couple are sincere sufficient to confess they don’t at all times agree.
“Whenever you’re 50 years married you’re sure to have just a few ups and downs,” mentioned Jim.
“The essential factor is to say you’re sorry when you might be fallacious. I express regret extra occasions than the rest.”
Liz added: “We've got our ups and downs I suppose, however we keep collectively via thick and skinny. Simply at all times settle your variations and don’t lie on it in a single day.”
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