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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Weddings

Weddings, 1939

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Recent Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 3

Miss Beth Adams, bridesmaid al the Pills-Kell wedding. Photo by Rayberne Studios…

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Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ritchie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

A happy family reunion on January 14, marked the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Ritchie, of William-street, Jesmond. During the celebration, which was…

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WEDDINGS Lord—Pattison

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

Cream needlerun lace was the choice of Miss Many Pattison for her gown worn at her wedding with Mr. James Lord, on Saturday at Wallsend…

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Weddings Of The Week Firkin—Broadfoot

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

WALLSEND Church of England was appropriately decorated on Saturday afternoon, when the wedding was performed by the Rev. V. S…

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Will Fight His Accusers Rector's Secret Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 8

Refusing to run away from the "whispering campaign" against him, the Rev. Algernon Mills, 48-year-old hunting rector of Oxendon, near…

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Weddings

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Mrs. W. Townsend, formerly Miss E. Bell of Charlestown.- Mrs. Stephen Nicholson, formerly Miss Dorothy Alan, of Mayfield. —Photo by…

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WEDDINGS Warren—Davis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 2

The Warriors' Chapel. Newcastle, was the setting for the marriage of Miss Hazel May Davis, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Davis, of Wickham, and…

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Wedding Made Police History London, January 6

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

Secret wedding of young Police Constable Kenneth Malcolm, late of Kennington Road, Police Station, London, and Hilda Gentry, 16, of…

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WEDDINGS Truscott—James

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 12

The marriage was celebrated at St. John's Church of England, Cook's Hill, between Miss Nell James, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. James, of…

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Weddings Of The Week Mills—Reid

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

COLOR distinguished the charming model gowns worn by the bride and her Bridesmaid when Sheila, elder daughter of Mr. J. A. B. Reid,…

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Newcastle Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 5

Mrs. Henry H. Mills, and her bridemaid. Miss Ailsa Reid. Mrs. Mills was formerly Miss Sheila Reid, of Mayfield.—Photo from Evalyn Mellor. Mrs. C. Haynes, who was formerly Miss…

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WEDDINGS Sneddon—Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 12

Turquoise blue cloque fashioned the frock worn by Miss Alice Hall for her marriage last Saturday, in St. Margaret's Church of England, Jesmond, to Mr…

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Heiress and Bachelor Midnight Wedding In Cafe LONDON, January 20

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

Wayne Morris, 24-year-old screen actor, known as Hollywood's gayest bachelor, because he once took out a different girl every night for a month,…

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WEDDINGS Duel—Curran

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

St. Peter's Catholic Church, Stockton, was the setting for the wedding of Miss Lorna Clare Curran, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Curran, and Mr. Basil Adrian…

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Pre-wedding Party

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1939 · page 7

A surprise party arranged by Misses B. Waterman and Margaret Francis, was held at Broadmeadow Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday night in honour of Miss…

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Woman's Realm Weddings Durbin—Smith

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 3

The marriage was celebrated at Tighe’s Hill Methodist Church between Miss Vada Smith, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith, of Tighe’s Hill, and Mr…

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Fraud Stops a Wedding Nurse Puts Away Her Gown LONDON, January 16

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 2

Joan Dickinson (19), a Calstor nurse, who had completed all arrangements for her wedding when she was charged at Grimsby…

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Boy Avoids Wedding Talk

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 6

Dear Miss Dix.— I am 24 and have been keeping company with a boy for four years and been engaged twelve months. Every time I…

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Recent Weddings Hinchcliffe—Carter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 3

The marriage was celebrated at Adamstown Methodist Church between Miss Elizabeth May Carter, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Carter, of…

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Snow Storm at Wedding

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 1

Guests arrive for wedding at Windsor Castle in blinding snowstorm which threatened to postpone the ceremony. The occasion was the marriage of Queen Mary's god-daughter, the Hon. Anne Wigram, to Mr. John Leslie Harvey—the first wedding at Windsor Castle for 25 years. The heavy snow prevented many of…

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