My Mum was in the WRNS and my Dad in the Royal Navy. They met in the Naafi in Chatham. The girl Mum was with introduced her to these two sailors and Mum wasn't very interested...until Dad stood up (He's 6'2" and she loves tall men. She, by the way was only 4'10"!) He was 20 and she was 25. They went out, and he took her home for his 21st, then got a posting overseas. He walked in, said "Either marry me now or never see me again" and she, liking a masterful man, agreed. They were married in a registry office in Leicestershire, and he went off to Malta two weeks later. By the time they saw each other again, they had an 11 month old child! He's still a masterful man, and she has sometimes been less than happy about it, but overall I think it's been good and they have now been married for 53 years.

Despite being deeply into family history I don't know how my Mum's parents met, and I don't think she does, but my Dad's parents lived in adjacent streets as teenagers.

Love Lynne