A REAL ROMANCE.

Matamata Record, Volume XIII, Issue 1111, 3 April 1930, Page 3

A REAL ROMANCE.

A sixty-year-old couple in England, who parted forty years ago as boy and girl sweethearts after a tiff, and never met again until a few weeks ago, have renewed "their romance by arranging to get married. . They are Mr John Richmond and Miss Rachel Windhurst. They were found at Brighton choosing the furniture for their new Home, and together they related the story of their romantic meeting after so many years. "We parted,” said Mr Richmond, “when we were both very young. We were engaged to be married, but Miss Windhurst was only seventeen years of age, and knew we had to wait until she was twenty-one before we could settle down together. We lived in London at the time.

“Then came the quarrel. It was only over some trivial affair, but as we both possessed stubborU neither would confess to being in the wrong. The reult was that wo drifted apart, though the engagement was never actually broken off.” Finally Miss Windhurst’s family moved out of the district, and Mr Richmond lost touch with her. Recently he decided to go to Brighton for a holiday. There he was introduced to some young people who were travelling in the company of their aunt. “I was amazed to find that the aunt was none other than my fiancee,” said Mr Richmond. “I could hardly speak, and our joy at meeting again was mutual. So we have decided not to part again, and 'will be married as soon as possible. ’ ’