Wedding Attire
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1840 - 1850
1851 - 1860
1861 - 1870
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 | ||
| 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. |
1891 - 1900
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 | ||
| My Great grand uncles cousins wedding, 1905 Scarborough Yorkshire. This was sent to me via the brides 3rd great granddaughter. |
| 1914 | ||
1911 - 1920
| 1912 | ||
| English wedding in 1912. |
| 1917 | ||
| 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 | ||
| The bridesmaids are wearing very simply cut dresses and
the elder ones are wearing mopcaps instead of hats. |
1921 - 1930
| 1922 | ||
| 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 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 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 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. |
1931 - 1940
| 1932 | ||
| 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. |
| 1932 | ||
| The bridesmaids wear bias cut dresses which drape beautifully. The bridegroom's spats are just visible. |
| 1937 | ||
| My Father in Law Ronald Leslie Pusey and his bride Ada Marjorie Thomas 1st July 1937 |
| 1939 | ||
| English wedding in 1937. Note the long trails on the bouquet. |
1941 - 1950
| 1941 | ||
| The marriage of my parents Lawrence Gleaves and Anne Taylor. |
| 1945 | ||
| 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 |
| 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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