And Nagambie’s Pam and Mervyn Shepherd plan to do just that on their diamond anniversary on Thursday, February 15, at the Nagambie Rowing Club.
Like many other couples who met in the 1960s, they met at a local social dance, theirs at the YMCA hall in Bendigo, the town where Merv lived.
They enjoyed having the last dance with each other.
Pam came from Eaglehawk, and the couple dated for two years.
They finally became husband and wife on February 15, 1964, at the West Methodist Church in Eaglehawk.
Merv worked for the Victorian Railways before and after his marriage around the Goornong-to-Melbourne district line, in Daylesford and other areas.
In 1978, the family moved to their railway house near the Nagambie station. Merv worked at the Nagambie Railway Station before it suffered a fire and was demolished in 1990.
Merv went to work at the Murchison station following this and retired in 1993.
The devoted couple have a close-knit family who have always supported each other through good and bad times and have worked things out together when they needed to be.
The couple’s two children, Michelle and Dean, and their partners have blessed the couple with 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Pam and Merv enjoy being grandparents but spoke about the differences in raising a family nowadays compared to in their days.
The couple are well-known around town, and have received congratulations from family, friends and the community on their special anniversary.
They wish for continued good health and more good years together.
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