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One day I want to be in love like my Grandma and Pop-Pop.

This is Tom and Bessie. They were married in 1946 after my Pop-Pop returned from fighting in the D-Day invasion on Normandy Beach.

For their first date, Pop-Pop walked from Staten Island to the Bronx to pick Grandma up at her door. He arrived early before my Grandma “had her face on,” which I think still traumatizes her to this day.

Even though she’s almost 90 now, Grandma still tells me that my Pop-Pop was the most handsome man she ever met. ~shared by @stephiexcupcakes

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This is my Grandad, circa 1935, on the first day of his trials with Huddersfield Town, an English football club in West Yorkshire.

Nicknamed “The Terriers,” the club plays in blue and white vertically striped shirts and white shorts.

He was actually offered professional terms with the team, but his Mum would not let him go as it would have meant less time to work with the family business.

His name was John Derek Howard and he worked for the majority of his life as Inspector for the Lancashire Police on the Vice and Murder units. ~shared by @johnnybad1986

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