Angus couple William and Dorothy Galt have celebrated a rare marriage milestone after reaching their platinum anniversary.
Both originally from the Dufftown area, they met when William was an apprentice projectionist in the town’s cinema and Dorothy’s dad had the neighbouring chip shop.
Romance blossomed after a chance meeting at a dance in Aberlour and they were married in Mortlach Church, Dufftown on September 8 1950.
For the first four years of their marriage William was in the RAF and after he returned home he had spells as projectionist at the Kings cinema in Brechin and then at Kelty in Fife.
He switched careers in 1957 when he joined the then Angus Constabulary, and was stationed in Forfar and then Arbroath before becoming a familiar figure as a beat bobby in Brechin.
In 1976 he was transferred to the control room at Forfar headquarters in the town’s West High Street, from where he retired in 1987.
William, 87, then worked at the former Crosshill filling station on the outskirts of Brechin and as a volunteer hospital driver.
Dorothy was a stay at home mum, raising the couple’s three sons and a daughter, as well as being involved with a number of local organisations.
She served on the Damacre Parent Teacher Association, was on the scouts and cubs parents’ committee and spent 17 years with the WRVS meals on wheels service.
Mrs Galt, 89, was also a member of Montrose Amateur Operatic Society for 23 years and an enthusiastic member of the Dorothy Dobson exercise classes.
Their sons Hamish and Graham along with daughter Carol live in Brechin, and son Alistair resides in the north east. They also have seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Family members were able to join the couple during their special day despite the pandemic restrictions putting paid to a major celebration gathering.
A decade ago, their diamond wedding message of congratulations from The Queen was delivered by their son, Hamish who was a local postie at the time.
