A COUPLE who met while working on ambulance rescue crews during the Second World War have just celebrated 60 years of married life.

It took the blitzing of Birmingham and Coventry to bring Donald and Helena Morris together.

"We were too young to sign up so we worked for the ambulance service," said Mrs Morris.

Mr Morris then went on to become a gunner in the artillery, and the couple married on July 25, 1942.

"We were married in uniform but we did not have a big lavish thing," Mrs Morris.

After the war, Mr Morris, now 79, became a parts fitter and welder but had to retire when he was 58 having contracted asbestosis.

But the couple, who live at School Lane, Wick, were also busy with their own children, their adopted children and their foster children.

"I only stopped fostering when I was 72," said Mrs Morris, now 80.

This extended family all came along to celebrate the couple's big day on Saturday, July 27, at the March Hare in Broughton Hackett.

"We had four generations of family there," said Mrs Morris.

"My eldest great grandchild is 18 and my oldest daughter is coming up to retirement age."

Around 100 people travelled from as far a field as Yorkshire and Torquay to help the couple celebrate.

"I asked everybody not to bring presents, but instead we gave them presents," Mrs Morris said.

Their secret to a long and happy marriage is to be constantly busy.

"We've always said we will have an argument when we have got some time to spare," said Mrs Morris who is chairman of a youth offending team and along with her husband has just received a certificate for public speaking.