Four long lost brothers who lost touch after being sent to an orphanage meet up for the first time in 60 years
Keith Morris, Ronnie Webster (nee Morris), Dave Morris and Derek Morris were sent to an orphanage by their mum and then rehoused in different foster families
Four brothers who were separated after being sent to an orphanage as young boys have been reunited - after 60 years apart.
The four Morris brothers - Dave, 68, Ronnie, 65, Keith, 60, and Derek, 67, - were among six children and were given up by their mum who was unable to cope with them in the 1950s.
They were then rehoused with different foster families and lost contact with each other when their mother tragically died at the age of just 37.
Now the brothers have been reunited after the tireless efforts of Dave over several decades.
He said: "It's very emotional. Ronnie's never met Keith's son or daughter.
"I've met my niece for the first time and she's a breath of fresh air; she's got the same sense of humour as me and she's a supporter of Plymouth Argyle like me.
"It's so nice to be back together and catch up on old times.
"We are going to chain each other together now so we won't part."
The brothers lived at the British Seamen's Orphanage home in Plymouth, Devon, in the 1950s before being split up with different foster families.
They recall their father being away at sea a lot with the Merchant Navy leaving their mother alone struggling to bring up six children.
Dave initially tracked down Keith in the Shetland Islands 34 years ago with the help of the Salvation Army.
Fifteen years later, his brother Ronnie was also found by the charity and the pair met up in his home town of Padstow, Cornwall.
But they then lost contact again - and Wednesday was the first time they had all been together since 1956.
Two of the brothers, Derek and Ronnie, had not seen each other for 60 years.
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And the pair who look the most alike, Keith and Derek, saw each other for the first time in 40 years.
Unsurprisingly, Derek and Keith didn't recognise each other after nearly half a century apart when he turned up at his front door in Plymouth.
Keith, 60, said: "I opened the door and Derek said 'Is Keith there?' and I said 'well yes, I am Keith'.
"He was so taken aback, he didn't know it was me."
For the event Dave Morris travelled from Newcastle, Ronnie Webster, who changed his surname later in life, travelled from Padstow, Derek Morris from London and Keith Morris from just down the road in Plymouth.
They chose to meet at Plymouth Argyle Football Club football ground as it holds fond childhood memories for them.
Home Park is especially significant to three of the men as they played in a band there during half time in the 1950s while they were still living together at the orphanage.
Dave said: "About 1956/57 we had to play other venues like this at half time and they would put out sheets and people would throw pennies in and all the money would go to the boys' home."
The band of brothers have taken very different career paths throughout their lives, Ronnie having been a barman, Dave a ceiling and floor specialist, Derek working in a drugs factory and Keith having travelled with a fair for more than a decade.
Their two sisters Pauline and Patricia have still not been found and, although the brothers think they have an idea of where one of the sisters may be, they think it is unlikely they will find the other.
Dave added: "We would love to find them, we just don't know where they are."