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Dave and Nan Cameron are now both in their mid-80s and recall their unique love story.<\/p>\n
Mrs Cameron was working in a factory during the World War II when she decided to put her name and address on a crate of cigarettes that was being sent to soldiers on duty.<\/p>\n
She hoped for a penpal and when Mr Cameron saw the message – which he received during service in Belgium in 1944 – he decided to reply.<\/p>\n
They then met up in person while the soldier was on leave and went on to fall in love. They now have five children, 13 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
A similar tale was reported by the Derbyshire Times recently, which revealed Jack and Kath Bradley have been married for 60 years after striking up a penpal friendship in their 20s.<\/p>\n
Posted by Simon Williams
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The couple met after writing to each other during the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n