US EditionShe got the last seat on a flight next to a stranger. They’ve been married for 40 years
KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE, JUL 21 – Vickie and Graham married within months of meeting on a standby flight and have built a life blending UK and US traditions over 40 years, raising two children together.
- Securing the final seat, Vickie sat next to Graham, 22 from Lancashire, on a World Airways flight to London, as she recalled.
- Vickie said `I didn’t even know what the word standby meant`, no seat guarantee caused panic, and she was 22, a University of Tennessee graduate en route to a London work study program.
- Four decades later, they marked their 40th anniversary, and Vickie says, `You have to enjoy doing nothing together.`
- Graham reflects, `When you think back, all the things that had to line up for us to meet is incredible`, while Vickie says, `It was amazing how we met and how things turned out`.
- Hosting festive meals, Graham preserves his UK heritage, taking pride in annual English Christmas dinners with Yorkshire puddings.
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Vickie Moretz had never left the South of the United States, much less traveled abroad. The prospect of crossing the Atlantic by plane was exciting and terrifying at the same time. It was February 1982. Vickie was 22 years old, had just graduated from the University of Tennessee and went to London to participate in a study program. She traveled with one of her best friends, Sandra. The two young girls packed huge bags (“We took everything in our…
She got the last seat on a flight next to a stranger. They’ve been married for 40 years | News Channel 3-12
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Vickie Moretz had never left the southern United States, let alone traveled abroad. The prospect of flying across the Atlantic was equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. It was February 1982. Vickie was 22, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee, en route to London to participate in a work study program. She was traveling with one of her best friends, Sandra. The two young women packed enormous suit…
She got the last seat on a flight next to a stranger. They’ve been married for 40 years
By Francesca Street, CNN (CNN) — Vickie Moretz had never left the southern United States, let alone traveled abroad. The prospect of flying across the Atlantic was equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. It was February 1982. Vickie was 22, a recent graduate from the University of Tennessee, en route to London to participate in a work study program. She was traveling with one of her best friends, Sandra. The two young women packed enormous suit…
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