Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A Hamilton couple have celebrated a phenomenal milestone – 70 years of marriage.Childhood sweethearts Margaret and Mark Riley, of Silvertonhill, marked their platinum anniversary on August 7 at a special celebration with family.The couple met when they were aged just 16.
Mark, now 91, was in the Boys’ Brigade and Margaret (90) a Girls Guides ranger. They were later married at St Margaret’s Church in Knightswood back in August 1950.With Mark’s civil service job moving them around for a few years, they finally settled in Sycamore Drive, Hamilton, in 1960 with their three children Alison, Margaret and Graham.Margaret took up a role at Bairds store and.
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