A COUPLE who got married in Bridgwater and recently celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary said the town and the carnival “is in [their] blood”.

George and Jennifer Morris, who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in April last year, got married in Bridgwater in 1952, the same year Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne.

George, who will be 95 on Wednesday (November 9), and Jennifer, 92, now live in Dunstable, having moved away from Bridgwater in 1961, but George has seen 60 carnivals and they are always happy to come back to enjoy the event.

The couple said coming back to Bridgwater and its carnival “it’s like coming home”.

George used to work in Pollards, while Jennifer used to work at the County Hall in Taunton.

George and Jennifer used to live on Penzoy Avenue and they have two children, Linda and Graham. 

Linda, their daughter, said she had to face a nearly 300 miles trip with her husband to join her parents and get to the carnival.

She said: “My husband and I drove from Staffordshire and then we picked my parents up in Dunstable. It’s nearly a 300 miles trip.”

She also said: “They met in Bridgwater in 1950 and then they married, in Bridgwater, in 1952.

“Then the family moved away from Bridgwater in 1961 to Dunstable, where they still live, and they celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary back in April.

“My dad has seen 60 carnivals and we return for the carnival most years. They enjoyed this year’s carnival very much. It was marvellous and it was wonderful they could see the Jubilation float.

“They walked around town and enjoyed all the entertainment that was on and enjoyed the hospitality tickets.

“They come back every year. Bridgwater is in our blood; the carnival is in our blood. We love to come back, it’s like coming home.

“We hope the years will be kind and we will go back again, maybe for the concert in October next year.”