{"id":65551,"date":"2022-10-17T06:03:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T04:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/our-love-thrives-20221011-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T15:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:39:16","slug":"our-love-thrives-20221011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/our-love-thrives-20221011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Our love thrives\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beautiful and worthy of admiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how many regard as a rather apt description of the marriage of one Somerset West couple who recently celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the thriving flower garden they established for their community\u2019s viewing delight, the love between James and June Brair of Victoria Park, founded on old-school chivalry, blossomed in bold colour, one that has never dimmed and withstands all seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are so proud of the milestone and our shared journey,\u201d declared James, who attributes the blessing of a successful and lasting marriage to sharing in life\u2019s joys while toughing out trials and tribulations with understanding, communication and compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James and June\u2019s love story began at a party both were invited to back in 1964. The humble boy would make his way from a farm in Bredell Road and muster up enough courage to ask the \u201cbeautiful\u201d June from Victoria Street to a dance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such precious memories are usually captured against backdrops of memorable music, and one song that stands out for them is \u201cSomeone Someone\u201d by Brian Poole and The Tremeloes. The pair became inseparable, their courtship culminating in their union on 25 September 1965. 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