Couple Remarried After 35 Years Divorce

                                                        

  

Neville and Barbara Pearce remarried after 35 years apart. Pictured left, their first wedding day in 1956 and right, their second wedding in December last year

  A couple who got divorced after 21 years of marriage are celebrating their first wedding anniversary - for the second time  after 35 years apart. 

They first got married at St Mary's Church, Barnsley on July 7, 1956, and had two children, David and Susan.

Barbara, 79, and Neville, 81, met in 1953, and were married three years later, but then divorced in 1977.But after the death of Neville's second wife, who was also called Barbara, in 2012, the pair found love again. 

'I don't think we've ever stopped loving each other. Our family told us to get on with it, they are really pleased for us,' added Neville.

And Barbara said the time apart has made for a better marriage.

She said: 'It's more simple now. We've realised as we've both got older that we would do things differently.

'We get along and don't argue. There are not the same strains as before.'

Recalling her second wedding day, she added: 'It was a really lovely day.

 The couple are now looking forward to celebrating the first wedding anniversary a second time around with a bottle of beer and a pork pie. 
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