Community Horndean care home residents share secret to happy marriage on 66th anniversary By Lucy Roberts Contributor Comment Published 19th Aug 2024, 11:17 BST Watch more of our videos on Shots! and live on Freeview channel 276 Visit Shots! now Love was in the air at a Horndean care home as a resident and her husband celebrated a very special milestone. Jean Wylie and her husband Charles toasted their 66th wedding anniversary at Care UK’s Pear Tree Court, on Portsmouth Road, on Friday 9th August. When asked the secret to their long-lasting marriage, the couple responded with “a clear aim and a positive attitude”.
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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. At the tender age of 22 and 20, Jean and Charles started their lives together after meeting in Edinburgh as students. Charles and Jean Wylie celebrated 66 years of marriage.
Charles said: “Jean had already decided to marry me when we met. I was not as perceptive. Jean chased me for months before she finally caught me.
But when I asked her to marry me, she said “I’ll let you k.