JUNE and David Aldridge got together on the toss of a coin - and 50 years later they're still inseparable.

June, 73, and husband David, 70, of Cricklade Road, Stratton, celebrate their golden wedding tomorrow and still get on as well as they ever have.

"Everything's 50-50, we go everywhere together, we do not do things behind each other's back," said David.

"I always let her have the last word - she's always had her own way, I just go along with it."

Their family will mark the milestone with a special meal.

June had been courting a man in the RAF when she first met her husband-to-be.

When she came home one day she found the two men waiting for her.

June said: "Dave said I'll toss a coin for her - heads she's mine, tails yours."

David claimed he had won the toss and escorted his rival out the door.

"I never knew what it said and whether it was right," said June.

"All I know is that I never got rid of him and I still haven't!"

The couple were introduced at Old Town Station in 1956 by June's brother after he met David while they were doing National Service with the army in Hong Kong.

David, who worked in the car industry in Stratton, originally comes from Ilford, Essex.

While abroad he was told his family had moved to Swindon and June's brother offered to show him the town.

June went to greet her brother, Kenneth, at the station only to have David ask for a kiss too.

"I thought he was a cheeky devil and I didn't take much notice of him," she said.

After this they attended a dance together at the Locarno Dance Hall in Old Town.

"I did not expect to see him any more, but the next day he was at my work and as I came out he was waiting for me. Every time I came out of work he was there."

At the time June was working for the David Greigs grocers shop, of Regents Street, carving ham.

"I was after the ham," said David.

They were married at St Mark's Church, Faringdon Road, in 1958.

After living and working in Swindon for many years, June and David moved to the Isle of Wight to run a hotel and after 12 years retired to Ventnor where they lived for five years.

However, they were drawn back to Swindon two and a half years ago to be closer to relatives who are all based in the town.

The couple have four children, 17 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren and family is an important part of their lives.

June said: "We've always stuck together and always been happy and we've never had any real arguments."