Three key ingredients for happy marriage as couple celebrate 70 years together

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Love, communication and compromise are the key ingredients needed for a long lasting marriage say a loved up Ayrshire couple who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week.Elizabeth ‘Betty’ McKie Dunlop, 89, and husband Robert ‘Bert’ Dunlop, 93, marked their platinum wedding anniversary at Malin Court Care Home in Turnberry on June 27.The pair first met at St Quivox Church, Prestwick, in the early 1950s, after Betty’s brother, Samuel, introduced the pair believing that they would make a great match for each other.“My brother was right – we are a perfect match!” said great-grandmother-of-five Betty.Bert and Betty tied the knot in 1953 and went on to have two children, Kenneth and Gillian, and said raising their family - which includes lapdog Michelle - has been the greatest joy in life.The pair now have four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren to cherish, based across Kilmarnock, Gloucestershire and West Sussex.Betty worked as a district nurse around Ayrshire for many years, while Bert worked as ground crew for the Lancaster bombers based at RAF Kinloss after the end of the Second World War, before moving on to work as a policeman across Ayr, Catrine, Ballantrae and Girvan.Bert and Betty shared a passion for badminton and the church, both eventually becoming elders at Girvan North Parish.Reflecting on the last 70 years together, the couple agree that their strength has always been a mutual respect and reliance on each other, keeping their love strong over the last seven decades.Bert said: “Betty is always there for me, and I am always there for Betty.“We are always happy if we are simply just together.