Lorine McGinnis Schulze at http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/p/sharing-memories.html has begun a new series of Sharing Memories . Here the theme is WEdding Belles.
The omens were not good on my wedding day on 24th July 1971. It poured down and we have no photographs taken outside; my husband Neil looks a bit shell shocked in this picture; and with the Tudor monarchs all the rage on film and TV at the time, I chose to wear an Ann Boleyn style headdress - she suffered the fate of being beheaded by Henry VIII.
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Still love conquered all, as we celebrated last year our Ruby (40th) wedding anniversary, with a holiday in Austria, looking older, heavier and greyer, but on a much sunnier day.
Post-war austerity Britain was the setting for my only time as a bridesmaid - at three years old at my uncle's wedding in December 1946. The dresses were apparently a dusky pink colour and my mother used to relate what a difficult time she had hunting for matching shoes. More on this occasion at A Shivering Bridesmaid
Post-war austerity Britain was the setting for my only time as a bridesmaid - at three years old at my uncle's wedding in December 1946. The dresses were apparently a dusky pink colour and my mother used to relate what a difficult time she had hunting for matching shoes. More on this occasion at A Shivering Bridesmaid
Weddings are one of the most popular topics in my blog page views, ranging from the magnificent hats of the 1910's - see an Array of Hats, to the over-the-top detailed descriptions in the local press of 1920 fashions recounted in "Gowned in Delphimium Blue Georgette" and Jennie Danson's Wedding - Fashion 1929
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Fast forward to April 18th 1938 and my parents' wedding at St. Chad's Church, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire - John Weston and Kathleen Danson on the left in this photograph with Edith Danson and Charles Weston their witnesses.
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Adapted from an earlier posting in August 2011.
Adapted from an earlier posting in August 2011.
Happy Anniversary next week Susan! Love the photos you posted too!
ReplyDeleteI love wedding pictures! Thanks for sharing. And Happy 4oth! We will soon be heading into our 60th year --- o wow.
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