Bus driver finally marriages passenger he chat up by writing his number on a ticket Source: PA
Jarro and Charlene loving life (Picture: PA)

Say what you want about this couple – they’re bucking the trend by meeting in real life and not online.

Bus driver Jarrod Spedding, 43, and Charlene Liversidge, 33, are getting married six years after he wrote his number on the back of her ticket like an absolute smooth operator.

Carer Charlene said: ‘I didn’t know his name, but whenever I saw him I would tell the girls at work.

‘Now we’re engaged and planning our wedding, it’s just surreal.’

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The happy couple exchanged friendly glances three times a week as Jarrod picked up Charlene on the Witch Way X43 bus route in Burnley.

Despite taking a shine to each other, nothing happened for years until Charlene took him up on his offer.

Jarrod, 43, said: ‘I used to get butterflies when I saw Charlene at the bus stop.

‘I used to write my phone number on her bus pass. Eventually, five or six years on we met up on a night out and hit it off. The rest is history.’

Yes to romance – it trumps all.

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