{"id":91732,"date":"2023-03-11T04:57:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T17:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=91732"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T04:11:01","slug":"marking-a-love-thats-lasted-a-lifetime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/marking-a-love-thats-lasted-a-lifetime\/","title":{"rendered":"Marking a love that\u2019s lasted a lifetime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BALLARAT couple reached a remarkable milestone recently as Joy and Bert Buckley celebrated their seventy second wedding anniversary last week.<\/p>\n<p>The pair, married on 28 February 1951, now live in adjacent rooms at Nazareth House.<\/p>\n<p>Their daughter Rachel Buckley said that their love is strong all these years later.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Buckley was a governor of Pentridge Prison as well as the Bendigo and Ararat gaols before the pair retired to first Beaufort and later Alfredton.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Buckley said her mother, a huge fan of the royal family, was proud to have received letters from the queen for their 50<sup>th<\/sup> and 60<sup>th<\/sup> anniversaries.<\/p>\n<p>The duo love the Ballarat Art Gallery and the library and both are avid readers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is wonderful that they can be together and be comfortable as they get older,\u201d Ms Rachel Buckley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir five children and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren wish them a very happy 72nd anniversary.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BALLARAT couple reached a remarkable milestone recently as Joy and Bert Buckley celebrated their seventy second wedding anniversary last week. 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