Today’s the day for our family celebration meal – Into the Sixties – marking our both reaching the age of 60 as well as our being married in the 60s. We have at last count 34 coming to eat with us at Peter Beales’ renowned Sweet Briar Bistro, near Attleborough. We worked out that if all our relatives had come it would have been around 60, possibly more, but the bistro doesn’t hold that many.

The picture, appropriately, is from the 60s. Dot is sitting in the shadow of Liverpool Cathedral and rather stealing its glory. We were up there on a journalistic mission for The Christian, I seem to remember. I have no idea what it was, but I’m pretty sure David Coomes and probably someone else (a photographer?!) were there too. It must have been 1968, I think – certainly before we were married, but, judging by that ring, after we were engaged.