Two former Sheffield University students who married in the city before beginning a new life Down Under have re-traced their steps - 30 years later.
Steve Walters and his wife Alison celebrated their wedding day at the Rutland Hotel in 1979 and were back there this week for a nostalgic visit, staying in the luxurious Hurlstone Suite.
"It was great to come back to the Rutland after all this time and be so well looked after," said Steve. "It has just as much character as it did all those years ago and the refurbishments are fantastic. We couldn't believe how big the University has grown, and how the city has changed."
Now a professor at the University of Queensland, Steve achieved a first class honours degree in Science and Geology before gaining a PHD in the city and becoming a prize-winning graduate. Alison read English Literature at the same University and worked for the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph.
The couple, pictured at the Rutland three decades ago, and again on this week's visit, jetted off to Australia when Steve was recruited by BHP, living in Brisbane and then Adelaide.
Steve Walters and his wife Alison celebrated their wedding day at the Rutland Hotel in 1979 and were back there this week for a nostalgic visit, staying in the luxurious Hurlstone Suite.
"It was great to come back to the Rutland after all this time and be so well looked after," said Steve. "It has just as much character as it did all those years ago and the refurbishments are fantastic. We couldn't believe how big the University has grown, and how the city has changed."
Now a professor at the University of Queensland, Steve achieved a first class honours degree in Science and Geology before gaining a PHD in the city and becoming a prize-winning graduate. Alison read English Literature at the same University and worked for the Sheffield Star and Sheffield Telegraph.
The couple, pictured at the Rutland three decades ago, and again on this week's visit, jetted off to Australia when Steve was recruited by BHP, living in Brisbane and then Adelaide.
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