Two of Us: Tony, 73, and Jane Curran, 70, met as teenagers in the 1960s and fell in love, but were too shy to declare their feelings for each other. Separated by circumstance, four decades would pass before they were reunited
Tony, 73, and Jane Curran, 70, met as teenagers in the 1960s and fell in love, but were too shy to declare their feelings for each other. Separated by circumstance, four decades would pass before they were reunited.
One of my favourite memories was when Tony and I used to play squash every Friday with friends. We’d sit in the car before squash and the same song would play on the radio. It was called. All the things we did together, then, we did in a group of six, with other people from the boarding house.Tony worked as an insurance clerk, and in 1968 was offered a promotion and transferred to the central western NSW town of Orange. I missed him so much.
Tony is friendly, reliable and warm. He has a wicked sense of humour, which is why I love him. I still feel that strong feeling of love that I felt when I first met him. Just so much love. I would not change a thing about him. He’s perfect. My biggest regret is that I wish I had come to him many years earlier.It was a sunny Sunday on August 31, 1966, and I had just moved down to Sydney because there were no jobs in Bangalow. I was scared stiff when I arrived at the boarding house in Strathfield. Mrs Mac, Jane’s mum, met me at the door. We walked into the kitchen where her youngest daughter, Jane, one of eight, was standing with her back to us, ironing her work uniform for Monday.
Night after night, I offered to help with the dishes. Jane would do the washing up and I would do the wiping. Jane would talk and I would listen. I would always try to find an excuse to spend more time with Jane. We would go to the beach, movies, shows, shopping with friends and we played a lot of squash. We were both shy teenagers when we first met.
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