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. The photograph was taken in Burton on Trent.

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.

1909
Wedding Group. Submitted by Tom Tom

1911 - 1920

1912
Group Photo. Submitted by Langley Vale Sue	English wedding in 1912.

1913
Group Photo. Submitted by vanessa tallon	My uncles aunt Maud Gilligans wedding to Robert Fisher in York 1913ish..

1914
Wedding Group. Submitted by Guinevere

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

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

1925
File:Wedding 1925 Katarzyna.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.

1928
Wedding. Submitted by vanessa tallon	My grandparents Emma Mckegg and Thomas Kellert 1928 York.

1929
Adela Rose Steel and Herbert Crisp. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Rose 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.

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. The photograph was taken at St Chad's Church, Burton on Trent.

1932
1932 wedding. Submitted by Jill on the A272	The bridesmaids wear bias cut dresses which drape beautifully. The bridegroom's spats are just visible.

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

1937
File:Wedding1937 MIB.JPG Family Wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1939
Submitted by Langley Vale Sue.	English wedding in 1937. Note the long trails on the bouquet.

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.

1945
Family wedding. Submitted by Langley Vale Sue	This was an English wedding although the groom wears the uniform of a Corporal, Royal Regina Rifles, Canadian Army.

1947
File:Wedding 1947 marg in burton.jpg Family wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	The wedding was at St Paul's Church Burton on Trent. The fabric for the brides dress was very difficult to get after the war.

1947
File:Weddinggroup1947 MIB.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, St Paul's Church Burton on Trent. She was chief bridesmaid for her sister.

1948
File:WeddingGroup1948 MIB.jpg Family wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1951 - 1960

1951
File:Wedding 1953.JPG Family wedding. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	My mother in law and her father taken at the entrance of St Aiden's Church, Shobnall, Burton on Trent. The brides veil is very long and was doubled over as the bridesmaid could not cope with it. I wore the same veil at my wedding and wore it full length.

1953
File:Wedding1953 MIB.jpg Wedding Group. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

1958
Wedding Group. Submitted by vanessa tallon	My Aunt Norahs wedding to Thomas Simmons in 1958 Liverpool.

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