Wedding Attire

1871 - 1880

1878
File:Wedding 1878 mar in Burton.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton.	Picture shows bride and her brother, who gave her away.

1881 - 1890

Double Wedding 1890
Wedding Group 1890. Submitted by Caroline.	The dress of the bride on the left was in cream cashmere, trimmed with Beugaline silk and orange blossoms. Her long tulle veil was fixed in place with orange blossoms. Her bridesmaids wore dresses of electric blue, trimmed with cream velvet with white Leghorn hats. The bride on the right wore a cream cashmere dress, trimmed with Brussels lace and orange blossoms. Her tulle veil was crowned with a wreath of orange blossoms. Her bridesmaids wore dresses of heliotrope cashmere and cream velvet, with hats to match.

1901 - 1910

1905
File:Wedding 1905 Katarzyna.jpg Wedding Group.1905 Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My great grandfathers sisters wedding in Balderton, Nottinghamshire

1905
Wedding Group. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy-Of-2	My Great grand uncles cousins wedding, 1905 Scarborough Yorkshire. This was sent to me via the brides 3rd great granddaughter.

1914
Wedding Group. Submitted by Guinevere

1911 - 1920

1917
Group Photo. Submitted by Katarzyna	My Grandparents were married at St Johns Parish Church, Ipswich, on 5 March 1917. This was typical dress for a working class wedding. If the groom was in the forces then he would wear his uniform not a suit

1917
My Grandmother's bridesmaids. Submitted by Katarzyna	The bridesmaids are wearing very simply cut dresses and the elder ones are wearing mopcaps instead of hats.

1921 - 1930

1922
Amelia Steel and Percy Lander. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Amelia and Percy were married at East Wittering in 1922, it was a double wedding, her sister Annie married on the same day. Amelia was 25

1922
Annie Steel and Thomas Bennett . Submitted by Jill on the A272	Annie Steel and Thomas Bennett at East Wittering. It was a double wedding - her sister married the same day. Annie was an older bride at 33, her choice of outfit is quite different from that of her 25 year old sister

1922
Adela Rose Steel and Herbert Edward Crisp. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Adela and Bert outside her father's pub at East Wittering, she had been in service, and he was the village carpenter. She was 34 at the time of her marriage

1923
File:Wedding 1923 Marg in burton.jpg Wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1925
File:Wedding 1925 Marg in Burton.jpg Wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My grandparents in 1925. Sydney Leonard Yates and Mary Ellen Barks. They married at The United Methodist Church, Victoria Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire.

1931 - 1940

1932
My Grandparents Wedding 1932. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy-Of-2	My Grandparents in 1932. William Liddle Lackey and Hilda Wood (center). It is believed to have been 3 weddings at the same time, but I'm not sure as the other 2 girls are both wearing the same outfits, hats and shoes. The wedding took place at The Parish Church of St John's, Peterborough.

1932
File:Wedding 1932 mother small br.maid Marg in burton.jpg Family Wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	A Family Wedding in 1932. My mother is the small bridesmaid pictured on the right.

1937
Family Wedding. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	My Father in Law Ronald Leslie Pusey and his bride Ada Marjorie Thomas 1st July 1937

1941 - 1950

1941
Bride wears a suit, rather than a wedding dress. Submitted by Pat Hope.	The marriage of my parents Lawrence Gleaves and Anne Taylor.

1947
File:Wedding 1947 marg in burton.jpg Family wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1947
File:Bridesmaids Dress 1947 marg in burton.jpg Bridesmaid. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My mother aged 24

1951 - 1960

1951
File:Wedding 1953.JPG Family wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My mother in law and her father

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