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Picture shows Norman and Joyce Johnson who have been happily married for 75 years. See Ross Parry copy RPYLOVE : A love-struck soldier who survived the hell of Dunkirk with a picture of his new bride in his pocket has just celebrated 75-years of marriage. Brave Norman Johnson swam through the waters to the safety of a boat with a snap of sweetheart Joyce wrapped in a GBR000 Deutsche Mark for protection. The devoted pair have now marked their diamond wedding anniversary Рand Norman still has the photo complete with a salt stain from the sea and the banknote. The couple, from Sheffield, South Yorks., lived in the same area growing up and met in their early teenage years. Joyce said: “I took a fancy to him. He was going to night school so I decided to go as well and do dressmaking.