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Two couples at Cambuslang care home celebrate milestone wedding anniversaries on same day

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Two couples facing the challenges of dementia at a Cambuslang care home have celebrated milestone wedding anniversaries of 60 years, and 65 years, respectively.Brian and Anne Pitt celebrated their Diamond wedding anniversary on March 1 alongside George and Doreen Fraser, whose family came to celebrate their Blue Sapphire anniversary.Doreen and George, who share the same birthday of October 13, met in Maryhill when George stopped cycling to ask his now wife to go on a date in a local park 69 years ago.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The pair have been together ever since, and both now reside in Flemington Care Home in Cambuslang, where they both suffer from different severities of dementia.The pair had a party thrown for the special occasion with a blue sapphire-themed cake, flowers and balloons decking out the home for their family to celebrate the day with them.Doreen joked: “I always joked to George that he was a cradle snatcher because of our three-year age gap.“It sounds silly because I was only born with one eye, but it was love at first sight, and my eye must be really overcompensating for it.”After George’s dementia got worse, he had to be kept on a separate floor from Doreen.She added: “He forgets who I am, and I am always having to remind him.“It has been hard, especially during Covid

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