Two best friends have taken passport photos together for 50 years to celebrate their special relationship. Retired probation officer Keith Laughton, 60, and paramedic Martin Dowle, 60, began the tradition when they were 10 years old during a trip to Woolworths.
By coincidence, the pair found themselves in the same store five years later and decided to repeat their picture - turning it into a tradition. On Wednesday, the friends, who met when they were eight, will take their 50th anniversary photo during a visit to Skegness.
Keith said: “We’ve always been close. I mean there are months that we don’t speak but all I have to do is pick up the phone and we pick up where we left off. That’s just fifty years of friendship. It’s a special relationship. I have the full set of photos in an envelope with a sign saying ‘do not destroy’.
