A pere-war meeting has led to six decades of happy marriage for a Swindon couple.

Kath and Bill McPhail, both 81, celebrated their diamond anniversary with a party for 70 friends and relatives at Haydon Wick Working Men's Club.

The couple, who live in Avonmead, Greenmeadow, moved to Swindon from London in 1967.

Bill worked as a plumber and later as a pipefitter, as well as serving his country in the Army during World War Two.

Kath worked for several Swindon firms, including BT and WH Smith.

They have two children Bernie, 50, works for Rover, while Kathy, 54, is a housewife who lives in Gartons Road, Middleleaze.

There are also four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren with a fifth on the way.

Kathy said: "They really get on well together and understand one another.

"We were a very happy and united family."