Bob and Jean Barr first met at the Belhaven Café in Wishaw and married in the Craigneuk Belhaven Parish Church on 22 June 1963.

They moved from Wishaw to Carluke on Boxing Day 1963 and have lived there ever since.

Bob, a metallurgist, started work in Colvilles and retired from British Steel in 1997 having worked in Research, Commercial and Dalzell Plate Mill as Technical Manger.  Jean worked as teacher, starting at Crawforddyke Primary and retired as a Head Teacher at Greenhill Primary in Coatbridge.

Following retirement, the couple travelled the world.

Jean was on the Board of the Scottish Wildlife Trust and both volunteered with the Junior Wildlife Watch. Both are life members of the Carluke Parish Historical Society. 

Jean is a member of the R.L. Stevenson Society and has given talks locally. 

Bob played badminton and attended aerobics classes for many years. He has been a season ticket holder at Fir Park. Both are members of the U3A. Bob chaired the Carluke and Lanark Parent Teachers Association for a number of years and after retiral became chair of Carluke High School Board for a time.

Bob and Jean have three children. Erik is a retired geologist who has two children, Matthew and Hazel and lives in Canada. David is a GP in Motherwell. He and his wife, Sandra, have two children, Alistair and Valerie. Eleanor is an orthotics and prosthetics engineer in Norway. Her husband, Dougie (also from Carluke) works in the same clinic.

The couple were visited by South Lanarkshire Depute Provost Bert Thomson and Deputy Lord Lieutenant David Russell to help celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary.

Depute Provost Thomson was delighted to present the couple with flowers, a special bottle of whisky and a certificate from the council, while the Deputy Lord Lieutenant represented the King and passed on to Bob and Jean a certificate to mark their wonderful achievement.