The pair met when they were 14, and although Stanley initially had eyes for Eileen's pal, once they fell for each other they didn't leave the others side
With their arms around one another as they sit side by side on their sofa, Stanley and Eileen Truesdale playfully bicker over who actually proposed when they got engaged.
When asked if it was love at first sight, Eileen laughed and said "not really". "I didn't like his trousers, the colour of his trousers, I thought, I don't like him," she added. Stanley, a gents outfitter by trade who ran G.S. Truesdale Gents Outfitters on the Ravenhill Road for 18 years, added: "She knew she was on to a good thing."
Talking about the difference between weddings then and now, Eileen said the difference was stark. "Once the meal was over everyone went home in our day but there was no entertainment or anything then," she said. They went on to have three children together, Marilyn, born in 1953, Alan born in 1958 and Sharon born in 1964. But the pair suffered heartache in their life together with the death of their eldest daughter Marilyn, who was disabled.
On the secret to a long and happy relationship, the pair said it all came down to partnership and sticking together, through the good and bad.
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