An elderly couple who set up two businesses together so they never had to be apart finally married four decades after they first fell in love - and despite the groom's annual proposals it was the bride who popped the question.
Colin Jones, 74, met girlfriend Pauline Young, 72, in 1976 and they fell in love 'hook, line and sinker'.
The couple even set up a cabinet making business in Wales and then a B&B in Malta so they did not have to leave each other to go to work.
Colin Jones, 74, met girlfriend Pauline Young, 72, in 1976 and they fell in love 'hook, line and sinker'. They finally got married after 43 years together when Pauline popped the question
Colin had asked Pauline to marry him every year in the 43 years they had been together but she had always turned him down.
So the B&B boss, from Maidenhead, Berks, was stunned when late last year pensioner Pauline, from London, turned to him and popped the question herself - before the pair tied the knot with a blessing ceremony last month.
Colin, who now visits his love in a care home in Telford, Shrops, every fortnight despite still running their B&B in Malta, said: 'When Pauline asked me, I almost fell off the bed.
Pauline finally decided to pop the question in December last year after suffering from rare neurological condition Corticobasal Degeneration, which causes slower movements and tremors
'I'd been asking her all this time so now she was asking me, I said "of course I will".
'We literally lived and worked together for 43 years, I have been floating on air ever since.
'People say they've been together years but really they have maybe an hour before work and then they see each other in the evenings - we were always together.
'When we saw each other it was instant, we fell in love - hook, line and sinker.
'The magic of life allows you to meet people like Pauline, our marriage was a culmination of our 43 years together.'
The couple struggled to get their legal affairs in order in time for an official marriage to be held, but St George's Methodist Church in Telford agreed to hold a blessing service that fulfilled the same purpose
The pair, who were both in previous relationships and have five children between them from those marriages, met in the South East when their kids went to the same playgroup.
They then moved to Newtown, in Powys, Wales, where they ran a cabinet-making business named Young Jones for 30 years.
Pauline finally decided to pop the question in December last year after suffering from rare neurological condition Corticobasal Degeneration, which causes slower movements and tremors.
Colin met Pauline in the South East in 1976 when their children from previous relationships went to the same playgroup
Her diagnosis also saw the couple pack up and move to Gozo, Malta, 14 years ago for a different pace of life and they ran a bed and breakfast on the island together.
But three years ago they made the difficult decision for Pauline to come back to England after her condition worsened.
Carers initially tended to Pauline at her daughter's home, but three years ago she moved into St George's Park Nursing Home in Telford.
With their business still to run, Colin now splits his time between Gozo and the nursing home in Telford, where he visits Pauline every several weeks.
After the ceremony they decamped to the care home for celebratory drinks and a wedding cake which the two cut together
Colin said: 'We absolutely loved our business, but fourteen years ago there were a few signs Pauline wasn't too well, so we packed it all in and moved to Gozo.
'We never found anywhere we were really comfortable until Gozo, it is very laidback - it suited us down to the ground.
'We had to work together, getting separate jobs would have meant being part, which we never wanted.
The couple lived and worked together for 43 years. They set up two businesses together so they never had to be apart
'But eventually I could see a deterioration. It was very slow at first, but it started to become more noticeable.
'It was not discernible to other people, but when you're that close to someone you really are that close to them.
'When you're actually living and working with somebody you pick up on the small changes straight away.
On Valentine's Day this year, the two donned their finest clothes for the ceremony in the church, with Pauline's wheelchair suitably decorated
'When Pauline moved to the care home, she felt at home.
'They made her feel so welcome and safe, science doesn't really have an answer to the condition.'
The exact cause of Pauline's condition is still unknown, so there is no effective treatment available.
Colin now lives in Gozo, Malta, where he continues to run the business he set up with Pauline.
With their business still to run, Colin now splits his time between Gozo and the nursing home in Telford, where he visits Pauline every several weeks
Colin now lives in Gozo, Malta, where he continues to run the business he set up with Pauline
The regular visits carried on, and on nondescript day last December the two were relaxing at the home when Pauline said the four words Colin never expected to hear.
The couple struggled to get their legal affairs in order in time for an official marriage to be held, but St George's Methodist Church in Telford agreed to hold a blessing service that fulfilled the same purpose.
On Valentine's Day this year, the two donned their finest clothes for the ceremony in the church, with Pauline's wheelchair suitably decorated.
After the ceremony they decamped to the care home for celebratory drinks and a wedding cake which the two cut together.
Colin said: 'I had given up all hope of us getting married, I thought it would never ever happen.
'It was a real mix of emotions, I was surprised, I was worried.
'But we gradually worked through it and now here we are.
'The service was a blessing ceremony, but as far as we're concerned it's a marriage, it's a show of love.
'The vicar has been absolutely incredible. She wrote out a whole service as close as she could to a wedding service.
'The care home did the reception, they said it was their wedding present to us.
'The home has bent over backwards for us, it's really unbelievable.
'There is so much love here at the moment. Everyone round about us is so happy.'
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