A couple in their eighties have finally got married after being engaged for 44 years
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An 84-year-old man and the love of his life, 82, have finally married after dating for 44 years. 
Colin Dunn and Sally Smith first met in 1972 behind the bar of a social club Colin visited every weekend after work.
Colin, a retired lorry driver, recalled: ‘Sally used to serve me every weekend when I’d go in after work. We got chatting and she got used to me going in. Eventually, I asked her out.’
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Sally, who had four children from a previous marriage, agreed to go out with him – and they haven’t looked back since.
Though they have always been deeply in love, the couple only got engaged last year.
Colin said: ‘Marriage never entered my head at that point. We were always so busy looking after the children or going on holiday to Blackpool.
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‘All of a sudden the children were growing up and leaving home and it was just me and Sally, so we thought it was finally time to become man and wife.’
He added: ‘We kept on saying, ‘it’ll be next year, it’ll be next year’ – but we were happy as we were.’
After a couple of heartbreaking losses within the family though, Sally and Colin decided to take getting married seriously.
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‘Just before last Christmas I lost my brother Harold and shortly before that I lost my eldest brother too,’ said Colin.
‘We were going through a bit of trouble and we started thinking what if this happened to one of us? We decided we wanted to be man and wife.’
And so finally, the pair, who are from Leeds, tied the knot at St Mary’s Church in Middleton among 100 of their friends and relatives, before heading over the social club where they first met to enjoy a meal after the ceremony.
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A very loved-up Sally said: ‘It was worth the wait. The day was lovely, even the weather. We had a beautiful cake at the reception but the highlight for me was actually getting married.’
And we couldn’t be happier for them – especially as the big day has seriously made Colin realise just how lucky he is.
‘If you work at a relationship you can keep it going. She’s always looked after me and I’ve always looked after her,’ he said.
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‘It’s the little things – if she falls asleep, I wake her up when it’s time to go to bed. I make her meals and make her tea. We’ve had little fall-outs over the years, just like everyone, but we have the same views and we always agree on everything.
‘We have always been happy.’
We all need a Colin in our lives, don’t we?