Two babies born as neighbours are together as a loving couple an incredible 84 years later.
Brian and Margaret Main are still side-by-side after being born just six weeks apart in 1940 just two doors away from each other.
And the couple treasure a ‘baby love’ photograph of themselves as adorable infants in the same pram together going on walks.
The pair grew up before moving apart – but then fell in love, married, raised a family and are still together after being wed for more than 60 years.
Mum-of-three Margaret says: ‘As children we lived two door apart in – I was in number 50 and he lived in 52 on our street.
Brian and Margaret Main pictured as infants sharing a pram on a walk
The couple has since been married for 60 years and have raised a family
Brian and Margaret on their wedding day. The pair were born just six weeks apart in 1940
The couple grew up just two doors away at 50 and 52 Addison Road in Blackwood
LIFELONG LOVE: After moving away at the age of 11, Brian returned to the street he grew up on aged 18, when he first asked Margaret on a date
‘My sister would look after me and a childminder looked after Brian. They’d put the pair of us in the pram together and take us out for long walks.
‘Sometimes they’d go pinching apples from people’s trees and put the apples under me and Brian. They were a pair of rebels.
‘We played together as kids – I was a real tomboy as a youngster and loved climbing trees, any trees at all. Brian remembers that one day I couldn’t get down and the other children had to go and get our parents to help us down.’
Then, at the age of 11, Brian moved away with his family and the pair lost touch.
Brian said: ‘I moved away with my father as he was a colliery manager and was often moved around. But when I was 18 I moved back with family still living in Addison Street and I when I saw Margaret she was all grown up and so lovely.
‘I asked her out on a date and the rest is history. We started courting and became inseparable.
The pair married in 1962 aged 21 after dating each other for three years. Margaret made her own wedding dress
They invited about 30 people to their wedding, which cost £1 a head for the reception
Pictured: Brian Main with his sister Pamela
Brian building their home in the 1970s which he says cost £3,000, but is now worth half a million
Margaret said: ‘We go to the cinema together. I loved anything with Jack Lemmon and I loved the film ‘The Odd Couple’ with Walter Matthau.
‘My favourite film is South Pacific – I’ve probably seen it fifty times.
‘Brian preferred cowboy films and I’d go and see them with him too. Neither of us were dancers but we’d love to go for long walks together, we had wonderful times together.’
Brian said: ‘I had a motorcycle but Margaret refused to get on it so I bought a BMW Isetta three wheel car. You could drive it on a motorcycle licence. We’d go everywhere together in that little car.’
At the age of 21 in March 1962 the pair got married after dating for three years. Margaret made her own wedding dress and the bridesmaids dresses.
Brian says: ‘We didn’t have a lot of money and we had about 30 people and its cost £1 a head for the reception. I remember having a tax rebate and we borrowed £40 from my auntie for our honeymoon to London.
‘We booked into the Strand Hotel and we had to check out after four days because it was so expensive and we ran out of money and go home!’
Brian in the Scouts at the age of 16. He and Margaret loved to go on walks together and to the cinema
Brian in the early 1970s. In 1973 he built a four-bed detached house in Blackwood, South Wales, for his family at a grand cost of £3,000
After working in the colleries, he became a traffic warden and finally retired in 2003
Pictured: Brian completing a parachute jump
Brian Main receiving an award as a traffic warden
Margaret studied art and became a dress designer for a children’s toy company, Chilton. Brian worked in the colleries before becoming a traffic warden and finally retiring in 2003.
In 1973 Brian built a four-bed detached house in Blackwood, South Wales, for his family at a grand cost of £3,000.
‘It’s scary when I look at the houses prices now. Our home cost me just £3,000 to build all those years ago now it’s probably worth half a million,’ said Brian.
The couple have three children, Debbie, 60, Hayley, 57 and Bryan, 55. They also have five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
‘All our children were born by caesarean section,’ recalled Margaret.
‘I was told I had to wait at least two or three years between each child because back then the surgery cut you from your belly button all the way down.. Now it’s keyhole surgery.
‘I was only tiny – just 5ft tall. Brian was 6ft so I was always looking up at him.’
Brian and Margaret went on a plane for the first time in 2010 for their first holiday abroad in Lanzarote.
A family photo from the early 2000s. Brian and Margaret have three children, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren
Margaret with the Billy the duck when she was 18
Brian and Margaret with their first child Debbie. As well as three children, the couple now have five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren
Here is the couple at the christening of their daughter Hayley
Margaret as a child. The pair say the secret to a happy marriage is being friends and laughter
‘I didn’t mind being on the plane but Margaret was terrified,’ Brian said.
‘She kept asking me if we’d taken off and we’d already been in the air 15 minutes. It was a nice holiday but we prefer our caravan.’
Now married for 62 years and asked what is the key to a happy marriage the pair says being the best of friends and laughter.
Brian joked: ‘I’m a bit of a joker and I asked her if she’d like a ‘maternity’ ring for a present. She laughed and said ‘it’s an eternity’ ring and she’d like one.
‘She’s absolutely lovely and I’d marry her all over again. She really is my best friend.’
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