A COUPLE from Newton Aycliffe celebrated more than just a new year.
William and Elizabeth Elsdon, of Lumley Close, celebrated 60 years of marriage.
The couple, known as Bill and Bessie, married at St Aidan's Church, Chilton, on New Year's Day 1944. Mr Elsdon, 82, a miner, was in the Home Guard during the Second World War and his wife was an air raid warden.
Mr Elsdon was an umpire for Durham County Cricket league for 25 years and played for Mainsforth Cricket Club.
The couple have two children, Pauline, 52, and Gillian, 47, and two granddaughters, Sarah-Jayne, 27, and Alison Julie, 25.
Mrs Elsdon, 81, said: "It's a case of doing things together to make it work and not going to bed on an argument.
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