Teenage romance led to lifelong love for this lovely Lordshill couple, who are today celebrating 60 years of happy marriage. 

Carole Baker met Barry Odam when he was the guest of her cousin at her 15th birthday party in September 1958.

The great grandparents are now celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary with family.

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Carole, who worked at Woolworths in Bitterne, and Barry, who worked for British Rail at Eastleigh, started dating and were engaged in 1960.

The couple were married at Holy Saviour Church in Bitterne on November 2, 1964, honeymooning in Exeter. 

They have two children, Tony and Julie, a grandson, Dan, and a great granddaughter, Marnie. 

After years of staycations, the whole family love to go abroad together each year, making some wonderful memories. Carole and Barry are pictured on their trip to Crete this summer. 

Carole loves her bingo, playing weekly with family and friends, while Barry is a football fan, never missing a televised Leeds United match. 

(Image: Family collection) The couple put the secret of their happy marriage down to 'getting through the ups and downs' life has thrown at them together. 

1964 wasn't just an eventful year for Carole and Barry. Sixty years ago, humans were making strides toward space travel beyond the Earth's orbit, and Tokyo hosted the 18th Summer Olympics.

The Beatles took America by storm with stratospheric hits such as I Want To Hold Your Hand and Can't Buy Me Love as race riots gripped the big cities in the States. Boxer Cassius Clay became Muhammad Ali and the heavyweight champion of the world.

Nelson Mandela began a life sentence in prison in South Africa and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Cyprus devolved into civil war between Turks and Greeks, and President Lyndon Johnson escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

A pint of milk cost nine pence, a Ford Cortina would have set you back £624 in 1964, while the average UK property went for just £3,104.