He and his wife went out to dinner to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary.
He was a former local hockey and cricket player who had celebrated his silver wedding anniversary a month before the tragedy.
Taken together, the programme presents an acidly humorous image of marriage from the moment of blessing up until the silver wedding anniversary.
The town sought to promote itself internationally; in 1964 an offer was made for a week holiday to 50 couples celebrating their silver wedding anniversary.
