Alan and Della Stacey, who have lived all their married life in Rode, celebrate their diamond wedding today.
Mr Stacey was born at Fairview in 1930 and was one of 12 children to Fred and Nellie Newman Stacey, n�e Eavis, the family of Glastonbury Festival fame.
Mr Stacey senior was a teacher and headmaster at Rode School for several years.
The family home Fairview was named because it looked out on the field where the fair was held.
Today the house looks out over other houses. Rode Hill Church is now a violin workshop and the Methodist Chapel where Mr Stacey senior was lay preacher is now a private house.
Alan and Della met at Rode Youth Club after Mrs Stacey moved to the village from Norton St Philip with her family at the age of 15.
Her father worked at Fussells Brewery and at that time the red brick houses in Marsh Road belonged to the company who rented them out to workers. After moving to the village, Mrs Stacey then also joined the office staff at the brewery.
Her father, George Bryant, was one of the unsung heroes of the war, having being involved in bomb disposal.
The family describe the couple, who had five children, as hard working people.
Mr Stacey gave up his trade as a carpenter because in those days the factories paid more than the building trade. Even then he would often work 12 hours plus overtime, getting to work in Frome and latterly Trowbridge on a push bike in all winds and weathers.
Mrs Stacey did her fair share to supplement the family income by taking on two part-time jobs. For many years she was a dinner lady at the school, after which she would return home to make sure there was a home-cooked meal on the table for the family.
Coming full circle from where she started her working life in Rode at what was then Fussells Brewery, she would then clean the offices at what was by this time Bass Charrington, in the evenings.
The couple have always enjoyed cricket immensely. Mr Stacey was umpire for the village cricket team for several years.
The couple will be celebrating their anniversary at The Mill at Rode.
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