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An elderly couple have celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary with a trip back to the place where they tied the knot in 1956. Taffy and June Skipping, who are 95 and 89 years old and live in Eye, were born in Elmsett, where they grew up as next door neighbours and best friends. They went to dances, church and school together, and as they grew older their friendship blossomed into a budding romance. Taffy proposed, and the couple got married on a sunny spring day on March 31, 1956, at Elmsett Church. Both now residents at Hartismere Place, in Castleton Way, Eye, June and Taffy went to visit …

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