MARKING 60 years of marriage, Les and Bet Friend were joined by family and friends to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary recently.

Les has lived all of his life at Wadland Barton, Ashbury in Okehampton and Bet joined him there after their marriage in 1950. The couple ran the family farm until their retirement, when their second son Philip and his wife Sue became custodians of the farm, helped now by their grandson Richard.

The farming family gathered at Trethorne Leisure Park in Launceston, to enjoy lunch in celebration of the anniversary.

Many well wishers sent congratulatory cards to the couple, including the Queen.