Saturday, July 31, was a very special day in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brind, of 11 Hillcrest Lane, Scaynes Hill, for it was the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage, which took place at St. Nicholas Church, Plumstead, near Woolwich, in Kent.
Mr Brind, aged 75, and his 73-year-old wife, Bessie, are both Londoners. After their wedding they lived for a short time at Plumstead, but the greater part of their married life has been spent at nearby Abbey Wood. By profession, Mr. Brind was a production engineer and from 1951 until his retirement in 1955 he was engaged in London on an assignment for the Pakistani Government.
Two years ago, Mr and Mrs. Brind moved to Scaynes Hill. Their son and daughter-in-law live in Penland Road, Haywards Heath, while their daughter and her husband, with whom they spent their anniversary weekend, are living at Bexley, in Kent. There are four grandchildren.
To make their anniversary complete, the couple received a surprise gift-- a wedding cake from the Brighton Equitable Co-operative Society. Mrs Brind became a member of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society in 1917 , and on moving to Scaynes Hill she transferred her membership to the Brighton Society.
Mid Sussex Times, 1965.
