True love―a wedding 50 years after engagementAll good things come to those who wait childhood sweethearts John Searle and Maggie Crook proved when they wed yesterday after waiting more than 50 years to tic the kiiot.When John Searle and Maggie Crook got engaged as childhood sweethearts at the age of 18, they wouldVe never thought that it would take them half a century.Mrs. Searle was 13 when she first set eyes on John way back in 1952 in their hometown of Exmouth, Devon.The teenagers met at a life-saving club held at the popular seaside resort’s long-closed seafront swimming pool.They got engaged at 18 but spilt up before they could name the day after their careers caused them to drift apart.The couple, both 69, married on May 27, 2009，more than five decades after vowing to walk down the aisle.The couple married at Point in View Church, near A la Ronde, in front of delighted family and friends.But there was a last-minute hitch John had a puncture on the way to the church.Mr. Searle, a former Royal Marine, said: "Being married to Maggie is going to be very nice. We are very happy together."
