DIAMONDS are forever as Jim and Dora Jess celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary recently, with the big day sparking thoughts of how the amazing couple first met.

Jim, from Annbank, and Sylvia, from Mossblown, met while dancing cheek-to-cheek at the Annbank Village Hall. When they later married at Annbank House Hotel, they were the first in the village to have held their ceremony in a hotel.

The couple, who now live in Ayr, have raised three daughters, and enjoy spending time with their five grandchildren and great grandson.

South Ayrshire Depute Provost, Mary Kilpatrick, congratulated the couple on their very special anniversary.