40 years of hurt, now lovers reunited
19 September 2008
A pair of childhood sweethearts have been reunited following a love story that has spanned 40 years.
Chester Locke and Christine Orchard went out with each other when they were just 16.
But when Christine fell pregnant, Chester was banned from seeing her as her parents thought he was a bad influence and decided to raise the baby – Tracy – themselves.
But this year Tracy decided to reunite her parents and track down her biological father.
Her grand plan not only brought her her real dad, but helped to reunited her mum with her old flame.
Now the pair are planning to tie the knot in Taunton after they hit it it off as if it had not been 40 years since they were last together.
Tracy said: "My intention at first was to get him to meet his grandchildren and the great grandchild that was on the way.
"It was never to get them back together. When they did I was shocked but it was lovely.
"It's nice to see them happy where they should probably have been 40 years ago."
