Some couples are pretty amazing, and living proof is Judy and Gordon Tong.
Judy is my first cousin and her and her family now live in Australia. Originally she was from Howick which is where she and Gordon got married in 1965.
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| Judy and Gordon, couple extraordinaires. |
21 November 2015 marked 50 years of marriage for Judy and Gordon - through thick and thin, they weathered it all! Wow - tremendous tolerance and obviously a great love for each other.
They were treated along with about 30 guests to a wonderful evening at their son and daughter-in-laws residence in the Brisbane suburb of Ormiston. Adrian and Leanne provided a fabulous venue, meal, entertainment and an extremely well stocked bar.
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| Judy with her son Adrian |
Some of the Tong family - Adrian and Leanne and sons Josh and Matthew went missing when the camera appeared ...
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| Leanne with her son Josh |
Apart from family and friends, two of the bridesmaids from the wedding were able to attend so it was an extraordinary feat in having bridal party members present. As Judy and Gordon were married in NZ some people made some long trips to be there for the evening.
On the technology front we were shown a video reproduction of the wedding ceremony and party in 1965 so it was particularly good seeing Gordon's Mum and Dad and also Judy's Dad, Uncle Jim.
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| Some of the crowd. Dave is getting an earful of the wonderful All Black team! |
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| Some of the bridal party |
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| Shirley on the left is Leanne's Mum. Larissa is a friend from Tamworth |
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| The deadly triple chocolate mud cake - it was heavenly |
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| Gordon attacking Judy? Nah real kissing! |
