'I met my husband on train home from VE Day party 1945 - it was love at first sight'
07-05-2025 15:48 via mirror.co.uk

'I met my husband on train home from VE Day party 1945 - it was love at first sight'

Rita Harvey, 97, bumped into beloved husband Ken on the train home from VE celebrations in London on May 8, 1945 and said: "It was love at first sight - we were devoted to each other"
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