I just thought I’d add this as it’s a nice little story!

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A COUPLE aged 78 and 79 are to be married this month after meeting three months ago at Cathcart Bowling Club.

 Jean Waugh, 79, told how her fiancé Jack Ingles, 78, proposed three weeks ago while they were on holiday in Turkey.

 Jean, from Mount Florida, is very excited and says “Jack is a wonderful man. I just didn’t believe something like this would happen at my age.”

 “We were having dinner at the hotel and I was wearing my shorts when he asked!”

 She says they have become the talk of the bowling club, and are constantly being questioned and congratulated by other members whilst on the green.

 The couple are both widows; Jack, from Netherlee, has four children and Jean had two boys, one of whom unfortunately passed away 11 years ago.

 She has decided that her son will walk her down the aisle, and the widow of her other son, Alison Waugh, will be her only bridesmaid to represent him at the wedding.

 The couple will tie the knot on October 31 at Mount Florida Church near Hampden, with 60 of their family and friends attending.

 Jean’s family said the news came as a big surprise, her grandson Alan says his Gran was so excited she woke them all up early the next morning when she phoned home to announce the news.

He says “We are all really happy that she is so happy, but I won’t deny it came as quite a shock!”

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