Gallery Samples Stories of our Ancestors | Page 65

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rom Left to Right we have Bridesmaids Vera (later Hart) and Thalma/Tilly (later
Butcher), then the groom and bride, Best man Bert Hodgkiss and Bridesmaid Elsie
Whitehead (daughter of Les’ sister Alma). In front we have the 4 ½ year old Flower girl
Stella (Ruby’s youngest sister - one day to be Yeadon) and also 4 ½ year old Pageboy
John Anderson (Uncle Edgar’s and Aunty Kathleen’s son).
The couple was married in St Mary’s Catholic Church on a bright but windy day in winter and
after their seven year courtship everyone felt a sense of relief that The Day had finally arrived.
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