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Hav­ing writ­ten about my par­ents’ vin­tage wed­ding recently, I wanted to tell you about my Grandma’s wed­ding day too. My Grandma is an amaz­ing lady, in her late eight­ies and as witty and forward-thinking as any­one I know.

Dorothy and Dave, April 1949

Grandma was mar­ried in 1949, only a few years after the end of the sec­ond world war. She was 26 and Grandad was 27. They were together for 37 years and I have the loveli­est mem­o­ries of play­ing in the gar­den and feed­ing the ducks as a lit­tle girl in Bux­ton where they lived. My grand­par­ents’ wed­ding was all about the mar­riage itself: no fuss, just a very per­sonal cel­e­bra­tion with fam­ily and friends. Rationing was still in effect in the UK at that time so bud­gets were pretty tight, but my grandma still has fond mem­o­ries of her wed­ding day to share…  Read more…