The bride and groom were Robert William Lowe and Joan Rivers, married in Spennymoor in 1947. Robert - known to many as Robbie - died in 1993 and was living at 19 Tudhoe Moor, Spennymoor.

To Robbie's right is his sister Jenny Lawson. In the 1960's Robbie's parents lived at 133 Weardale Street the house later being demolished to make way for a new road.