Couple who looked after more than 600 children have retired as foster carers after 56 years
A couple who looked after more than 600 children have retired as foster carers after 56 years.
"It was a long process with her and then one day she just put her very tiny little hand inside mine," she said. Mr Fitter, 86, a retired forester, said: "I don't think at any point we thought enough is enough. We could see the results of our efforts and it was very rewarding." Three months after their marriage in September 1965, the couple welcomed their first foster child - a new-born baby boy who had bronchitis.Over the years, they specialised in taking children whose futures depended on the outcome of a forthcoming court case.
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