Sisters Who Wed Together Celebrate 140 Years of Marriage

They married together in a hastily arranged double wedding as their generation faced the terrible uncertainty of war.

THEY married together in a hastily arranged double wedding as their generation faced the terrible uncertainty of war. But sisters Doris and Margaret Wiles were both fortunate to find an enduring romance which has lasted 70 years.

Now aged in their 90s, Doris and Margaret have celebrated their platinum wedding anniversaries with the sweethearts they wed in a joint ceremony in the autumn of 1939.

“We thought ‘we may be killed’ so wanted to get married as soon as possible”, recalled Doris, of St Austell Avenue, Macclesfield.

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