NORTH Richmond residents Roma and Bob Alexander reached a rare feat by celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary last week.
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The pair were married at St John’s Church in Birchgrove on November 15, 1947 and are still as happy as ever.
“We've always done everything together. We've always shared everything and been happy all our lives,” Roma said of their marriage.
“We've always been happy and loved life.”
They have lived in Sydney and the Central Coast during their lives and most recently, have spent a decade living in North Richmond.
While on the Central Coast and living at Saratoga, they ran bus trips for elderly people, which the pair said was one of the more memorable things they did together during their life.
“We called it the Saratoga Touring Club,” Roma said.
“We went all over the place, we started off doing one day trips, then three day and even week long trips. We went everywhere and we had a great time.
“We really loved running our bus trips. The trips were for the elderly and now we’re the elderly,” she said with a chuckle.
Roma said they also enjoyed going to the movies together but liked to see live shows even more.
Bob was into sailing, and his family started the Balmain Sailing Club, although Roma said she was never interested in sailing.
Bob was a sawyer for many years, while Roma worked a couple of jobs, before staying home to look after the couple’s two children.
Roma was also part of the Saratoga Hospital Auxiliary for many years.
Roma and Bob spent their anniversary surrounded by their family.
“We've got a lovely family, which is more or less what you ask for,” Roma said.
They have plenty of grand-kids and even great-grandkids, which the pair are immensely proud of.
When asked whether 70 years ago, what they thought their lives might look like, Roma said all they wanted to do was have a nice family and to better themselves, which she said they did.
The pair also received a card from the Queen, who was married just five days after Roma and Bob were in 1947.