{"id":9329,"date":"2023-11-16T13:23:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/gogglebox-fans-rush-to-congratulate-dave-and-shirley-after-47-years-of-marriage\/"},"modified":"2023-11-16T13:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:23:00","slug":"gogglebox-fans-rush-to-congratulate-dave-and-shirley-after-47-years-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espacestudio.ca\/en\/gogglebox-fans-rush-to-congratulate-dave-and-shirley-after-47-years-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Gogglebox fans rush to congratulate Dave and Shirley after 47 years of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fans of Channel 4’s Gogglebox<\/a> have rushed to social media with warm messages after Dave and Shirley Griffiths shared it was their wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

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The happy couple revealed they were celebrating 47 years of marriage together, taking to Instagram to share a touching tribute.<\/p>\n


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Uploading a photo of the pair sporting smiles by the pool, Dave wrote: “Happy anniversary to my lovely wife 47years she deserves a medal.” And it didn’t take fans long to congratulate the couple on their celebrations.<\/p>\n

One wrote: “Happy anniversary both lots of love,” while another added: “Congratulations to a lovely couple!!! Hope to see you Friday night xx.”<\/p>\n

A third went on: “Happy Anniversary,” while a fourth exclaimed: “Aw Happy Anniversary to you both, hope you have a lovely day! Xxx.” Someone else added: “Yeah you both do. But your both a lovely couple. Happy 47th Anniversary. Love Jilly,” while another fan put it: “Congratulations and happy anniversary to you both. Here\u2019s to many more happy years together. We celebrated 47 years in October. x.”<\/p>\n

Caerphilly couple Dave and Shirley joined the Channel 4 staple back in 2015, after they were spotted by a casting agents. Outside of their appearances with the show, Dave works as a factory cleaner while his wife has a career in retail.<\/p>\n

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They have two grown up children in Gemma and Simon, last month singing the latter’s praise for taking on the 13-mile Cardiff run. Sharing a snap of their boy sporting his running gear, the couple wrote: “Our son Simon running in the Cardiff 13k, he’s trained so hard well done but go and smash it.”<\/p>\n

Sharing his completion time – the account said: “1 hour and 36mins 20k he’s happy xx,” with a fan replying: “Blimey that\u2019s a great time. He obviously put in a lot of training. He can relax now.”<\/p>\n