82 year old Barbara and her husband
Clarence are being closely observed
having sustained multiple injuries when
they were knocked down by a motorbike
Jim I taken to James consultant Reese
has sent Barbara for an urgent CT scan
to determine the full extent of her
injuries retired University professor
Clarence has an injury to his leg and a
cut to the head but his condition is
more stable than his wife's the hospital
have been informed that their children
live abroad
whatdo I'm not the head straight to work
how long we've been married I can't work
it out as either 56 or 58 years
something that we've never had across
work
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whatever of both of us we're both about
six years old during the Second World
War were both under tarp under shuttered
and what our mothers died within the
year when we survived
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Barbara and Clarence met at a dance and
married in 1956 they had three children
but lost their eldest John last year
after a heart attack he was 49
I think losing their child opening I
didn't know one of the hardest things
that you go through early and my grandma
from my dad's side lost two of her
children
the one thing I always remember mine and
a and my uncle died is about six months
after she'd always make up a plate of
food for him and I think that's you
guess it's a way of coping isn't it
we're after way across the road I park
my car there statistics now again yeah
this is Barbara's have you seen her leg
I'm another look at this you're worth so
bad
the scan of Barbara's head came back
clear but she'll need surgery on her leg
husband's next door and I just mean told
his scan was was fine okay so he's
alright hmm do you want your wife's just
next door yes your wife's in this Bay
next door do you want to see her in a
little while yes okay so what we can do
is move yes I love to see I know you do
shoot this is the year as well
if you're part of a couple you know all
you really want is your relative if you
know that your partner to be there
holding your hand
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and sometimes just holding a handers is
enough you know a squeeze of a hand
sometimes is enough for you to know that
the other person is okay
I've been very lucky both of you yeah I
think your husband wants your hand
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get some love me thank you I love my
wife he do anything to me she's just the
same as when America
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you
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