Their daughter described them as the original Ken and Barbie as they were married long before the iconic children's toys first appeared.

Kenneth and Barbara Feltham were married September 10, 1949, at St Mark's Church in Easton. They were celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary today.

They moved into their current home in Upjohn Crescent, Hartcliffe in 1955 – three years before a Barbie doll went on display in America.

The couple were the first on their block of eight houses and they moved in before many of the roads around them had even been completed.

Mr Feltham, 82, worked as a coalman and then for Western Asphalt as a roofer until his retirement at 65.

Mrs Feltham, 79, worked in a number of shops in Symes Avenue for 20 years before it was redeveloped.

She has also worked in the post sorting offices and helped set up a nursery on the estate when she first moved to Hartcliffe.

The couple have two children, Lesley and Kevin and two grandsons Lee and Ben. They also have two great granddaughters, Brooke and Mia, with a third baby due to arrive in December.

They plan to spend the day at home, but for 30 years have enjoyed going to Dawlish Warren in Devon for their holidays.

Their daughter Lesley McDowell, who described her parents as the original Ken and Barbie, said: "My dad reads the paper every night, without fail, and has done for as long as I can remember."