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Carlos Alba

Scots childhood sweethearts rekindle romance 60-years later and tie the knot

Childhood sweethearts who lost touch as teenagers have finally tied the knot in their 70s, after the pandemic kept them 12,000 miles apart for over two years.

Jock Anderson and Elizabeth Robertson – who first met at primary school in the 1950s – were married in Edinburgh after Jock was able to travel from New Zealand when Covid restrictions were lifted.

The couple broke up in the late 1960s but rekindled their romance in the summer of 2019 when Jock, 75, looked up Elizabeth, 74, on Facebook while holidaying in Scotland.

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