Devoted couple Ron and Dorothy Simmons say they are still very much in love and have never had an argument in 60 years of marriage.
Mrs Simmons was born Dorothy Cousins in Eastbourne in 1912, the year the Titanic sank. During the war her family cared for a teenage evacuee, Peter, who they stayed in touch with after he returned home.
After the war her parents went to London for the day.
Mrs Simmons, now 97, said, "They were walking along Oxford Street and bumped into Peter, who had his elder brother with him."
"And that brother was me," explained Mr Simmons, now 89. But it was only by chance the young men were in the street at that time. They had been in Oxford Street's HMV record shop but had played so many records that the looks from the shop assistant indicated it was time to leave. As they did, the brothers bumped into Mr and Mrs Cousins.
The couple invited Peter to Eastbourne and, out of courtesy, invited Ron.
Mr Simmons, who had been in the RAF, was studying at the time and fancied a seaside break. The young men arrived at Eastbourne station and were greeted by the family. That was the first time that Mr Simmons, who was 27 at the time, met 35-year-old Dorothy Cousins.
Despite her being eight years his senior, he said, "I knew right from the start."
The couple were married on October 15, 1949 in Ceylon Place Baptist Church, Eastbourne.
Sixty years on they spent October 15 at the Lansdowne Hotel with friends and family, including their son Keith and granddaughter Elsa.
Mr Simmons, an industrial chemist, was chairman of the governors at Stafford Junior School and was chairman of Roselands Conservative Association. The Simmons helped set up projects for deaf people, and they have volunteered for the Friends of Eastbourne Hospitals and Meals on Wheels.