They got married 56 years ago. Until now, they’d never seen their wedding photos [Video]

“She was stunning.”

Barry Sharman remembers watching his bride walk down the aisle in Enderby, B.C., in a wedding dress made by her mother on a warm, sunny July afternoon in 1968. 

“I was just so happy that she picked me.”

Until recently, he had never had the chance to physically look back on how his wife looked that day because as newlyweds, they couldn’t afford to pay for the pictures.

But on Christmas Eve 2024, the couple — happily married for more than 56 years — saw their wedding photos for the first time. 

It all came to be when Margaret Sharman’s longtime friend Sandra Farynuk sent her a text asking if she had her original wedding photos. 

“I said, ‘No, Sandy,'” Margaret, who now lives in Penticton, told CBC’s Radio West host Sarah Penton.

“I said we were never, ever able to pick them …