Golden wedding couple Trevor and Pauline Mumford came back from their dream holiday to find their children had organised a huge party for them as Mrs Mumford has been given months to live.

The couple met at Bath Roller skating club in 1958 and married a year later on April 4 at St John’s Catholic Church, Trowbridge.

They celebrated their 50 years of marriage with a three-week cruise around the Caribbean and came home last Thursday to a party that had been organised for the Wesley Road Club on Saturday.

Mrs Mumford, 70, of The Lodge, said: “It was a fantastic evening. We had no idea what the family had planned just that it was some sort of celebration.

“We thought we were getting a taxi to the club but when we saw that it was a black limousine we were stunned. It had champagne in and the driver took us around Semington and back around Trowbridge. We had also been told to dress in black and gold which was the theme.”

She added tearfully: “They did so much for us and it makes me so proud of my children.”

However, the celebrations were bittersweet as the couple had found out some devastating news about Mrs Mumford’s health in December.

The family had known that she hadn’t been well in August last year but it wasn’t until after Christmas that the couple told their four children that she had a terminal condition, pulmonary lung disease.

They were told it was incurable and doctors gave her four to 12 months to live from December when she was diagnosed.

This means she finds it difficult to breathe which affects everyday life, including walking down the street or doing house work.

The family rallied together to organise this huge family celebration for Their daughter Julie said: “We wanted to give them something really special that they would remember and we had such a good time organising it.

“They are such a lovely couple, not just because they are our parents but because they would do anything they could to help someone in need.

“This may have been the last big event they spend together and we wanted it to be special as they mean the world to us.”

Among the presents they received were several framed pictures of their children Anthony, 49, Diane, 48, Julie, 46, and Nigel, 39, and their 11 grandchildren.