Billy and Veronica Robertson, pictured on their wedding day and now, are set to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Billy is also pictured at the memorial to those who died, pointing to his late friend's name A PRESTONPANS couple were wed just a week after the groom almost became a victim of the Ibrox football stadium disaster. Billy and Veronica Robertson, of the town’s Gardiner Crescent, will next Saturday (January 9) celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. But their thoughts this week will very much be with the 66 people who lost their lives on January 2, 1971, following a match in Glasgow between Rangers and Celtic.