The dresses worn by the bride and her bridesmaids - who the article tells me were her sisters Nancy and May - are described in detail.
I know they left the reception by car to catch a train to Cornwall for their honeymoon, and that the bride's travelling dress was Wedgewood blue cloth trimmed with black silk braid and a large Tuscan hat with white lilac and roses.
I know that evening the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs W. P. Green, entertained the employees and members of the choir and church band, with their wives, at a 'substantial supper'.
Not only does the paper describe the wedding itself, but it lists each gift the bridal couple received on the occasion.
So I know that the bride gave her bridegroom a silver-mounted umbrella and a silver tankard. The bridegroom gave his bride a diamond and sapphire ring and ostrich feathers.
Major and Mrs Wood gave a dinner service. Mrs Pole, cut glass vinegar bottles and salt spoons. Mrs Tremlett, candlesticks. Miss E. Hall, a cushion. Miss Ambrose, a photo frame. The list goes on.
All this detail about the wedding truly fleshes out the occasion in detail I could not imagine finding anywhere else.
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