SHE was 16 and he was 23 when they met at a dance.
Now the couple, Dawn and Lloyd Harris, have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In the early days Lloyd didn't realise the age gap between them and it was with some persuasion from his mother that he kept the relationship going, with the two marrying.
They began to build their family home in Sylvania the same year as they got married, with the help of Lloyd's father Herbert, and his brother Keith.
The couple raised their children Brett and Robyn in that house — and still live there.
Thanks to Brett and Robyn and their partners they have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.