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First date was at the flicks in Shipston




TODAY’S the day that 60 years ago David and Pat Warren from Shipston took their vows and became husband and wife.

The couple have lived in the town for over 50 years but also made home in Tredington and Little Wolford which means they are very much part of the community and well known in the area.

Pat was friends with David’s sister, Josephine, and was due to visit David and Josephine’s mother at the Ellen Badger Hospital in Shipston but unfortunately Josephine couldn’t attend so David stepped in to accompany Pat and not long after they started dating.

David and Pat Warren from Shipston are celebrating their diamond wedding today (Thursday). Photo: Mark Williamson
David and Pat Warren from Shipston are celebrating their diamond wedding today (Thursday). Photo: Mark Williamson

“Our first date was at Plaza Cinema in Shipston but I can’t remember what the film was. We would often go the cinema twice a week. David was a long-distance lorry driver and I worked in Debenhams, Stratford which I joined when I was 15. I eventually became a buyer for three departments at the store. I also had a career as a bakery supervisor at The Co-op in Shipston,” Pat said.

On this day – 31st August 1963 - the couple married and honeymooned in Boscombe for a week. Years later they enjoyed trips to The Canary Islands, the Norwegian fjords and Egypt.

Their plans for their celebrations include a lunchtime date today and then a bigger celebration dinner with family at a top-quality hotel in the Cotswolds in the next few days.

David and Pat have two children, Andrew and Alison, four grand children and two great grandchildren.

In their spare time the couple enjoy cooking, gardening and their computer.

After sixty memorable years together is there a secret to a successful marriage?

“Give and take is what a marriage needs. We’ve also got a very good family by our side who have organised our anniversary celebrations and taken care of everything,” David and Pat said.



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