Sixty years of marriage have flown by for Gosport's Brenda and Peter

‘It’s been good and it’s been a pleasure,’ adds Peter. 

The 81-year-olds, from Gosport, first met at Alexandra Grove Social Club, Fareham, at a dance. 

‘We just got talking ,’ explains Peter. 

‘A friend of mine and her boyfriend then invited Peter and I to go on a picnic with them,’ adds Brenda. 

‘I was 21 when Peter proposed. I was on my lunch break from the Ultra TV factory, Gosport, when he asked me. 

‘I remember thinking: “Thank God for that!”’

Brenda and Peter married on October 17, 1959, at Holy Trinity Church, Fareham. 

‘I was very nervous but excited,’ says Brenda.  ‘I loved all of it. It was a magical day.’ 

Peter was an able seaman in the navy while Brenda says she ‘did a bit of everything’. The couple have three children Mark, Kelvin and Nicola as well as six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

‘I can’t believe it. It’s become quite an achievement – 60 years is a long time,’ says Peter. 

The Silvesters celebrated their anniversary with their friends and family at a surprise party earlier this month.