THOSE were certainly the days for happily married couple Neil and Lesley Ann Cook.

A photograph in our sister paper Midweek recently pictured a group of Methodist Sunday School pupils gathered at the Methodist Hall in Lane End in 1971.

Furniture maker Neil Cook remembered finding out his wife Lesley has been right beside him since he was just eight years old.

The 38-year-old from Prebendle Farm, Aylesbury, claims that although they were sitting a few feet from each other, the couple did not meet until years later.

"I can't believe it myself and it was quite bizarre when we first learned how close we have been our whole lives," said Mr Cook.

"Our paths kept crossing throughout our teenage years but it wasn't until I was 22 that I finally plucked up the courage to ask her out," said Mr Cook.

The pair married in 1991 and have two children, Harry, seven, and two-year-old Molly.