Augu3f, 1919
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Kitty .Fllntham and Gladya Ifoul(hton•
both m emb· rt1 ot the L . A., w1•rr brldrs •
rnn.lds, an cl tho hride was ~· v<'n away by
)!rs. Sh~'ar~rrtlth, Welfare O!tlccr. n<~ unfor-
tunately it WM too far for any r< lativrs of
th" bride t.o com11. Of cour~, wo• we m nU
1 n f. \ nnitorrn, nod very proutl t.() wenr 1 t.
\ttA'r the c1· rt•mony we all park•••l m to a
J(l\lly ci<'<'Of!\t••d <'Mt (kindly l!•nt !Jy tll'
larrocr), thoroughly l.ocnt on c•njoytng our-
,.eh'Oe, and rode down to thr rottl\~CI'l wh~>N·
the bride hM hron l)illctctl, and 1\'1 Wl' really
hadn't room to IHJII"rre tho vlrM, )fr. 1>. c.
Holey, Into thl' <'1\ft, much as we ,~nnt<1d to.
he rode bt•hlod on lus blkr .
Whron wo rronelwd thr cottAJ( • wn had aurh
a jolly meal and a lx>auhful cake , And you
never hPard quch lnughlnst nnd talking I'Wn
for thr L .A , who 1\Tc' noted tor th"'•r rherr-
!ulni'AS.
About 60 fnllow-worke rt~ were at thl'
church, and strrwed the pathway with
buttorcup.'l and may, as thn happy t>nlrcamo
from tho churrh.
Unfortunately, the wrnth..r wa'l most
unkind, 110 thr photogr.\ph-; "e took Ita,~
uot comr out wr 11
THE LANDSWOMAN
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Hereford
T HE llttlo villo.ge of Byford, nC'ar the
banks of the Wye, 8 milee above Hrre-
tord, wM on Whit Monday the soonc of a
pretty weddang, the bride being a. I.and Girl
employed by !Ady Evelyn Cotteroll on the
Garnons EstAte, the bridegroom being &!so
In the employ of Sir John COtterell.
Tn} d \Y w H plrfect, with frJ~h breeze temp .. ring the heat of
th'l sun ani 'iW~epln~ th~ vapour of the early mornio~ into soft
\Vhite cloud revealin~ depths of blue between.
The bride, in mufti, was drcs'ICd In a protty shade of lavender
grey with soft heliotrope on he r hat, and her four att~'ndant
brld~malds were in their smarte!lt uniform with heliotrope tJes
Th'l bride. who ha.; adopted Hereford as her native place wa.~
glv•n awJ.y by th" brid~groom's father.
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The ceremony wn~ }Y'rform~'d In the p1cture.,qU1' old <'hurch
by the V•ear ot Uyford, recontl)· l\'turn~d from the front The
wedding }larty ll'ft thl' vestry to thtl tlmo·honoured Htrams of
::lfen·1~l'!sohn's " Wodtllng :Ut~rch," nr.d ronned n. p•ctureilqll('
procession ns thoy passed thro~h the gates and untll.'r the
">t.'\tclr, tre<'s to the hou:!C of tht' lmdegroom's fntht•r, which 1!1
nl<~o <~Jtunted on tho Unrnon~ E~t.'\tt•
Here many frtcnds aull
wc\1-wishrN, includlo~t tho Welfare o"tncer and 1\ p~rty of {riCI\US
mtcr~sted In tlw r ... mll \rmy, who hl\U motored out for th& Ot't',\·
'10n, pa~d unller n lloml arch through n gay little ~tMll•·n
Into the hOU'I(', where the festive boMd h:\d b-en "~Prl'<\d b:.·
the kind ho ... t.Psi. TM bride l'ut th~ cake n.nd h"afth'l \'1"1'1'1'
d r unk.
A ORE.\ l' event among tht Land .G1rllo of \\'eat S\J.l\.>C:~o:
.G.a N'al Land A.nny wertdmg.
statr of exc1tement at
Tne
White-smocked tlgurts buzzmg around
the hostel WM inten~.
hke a swarm of bees, all l!u.sy decorot1og or preparmg
for the feMt
The farm wagons, drawn by Share horses.
looked most plcturea~Jue wttb arches made ot hay raJ.:.es and
f""tooned with rambhn~ r~, and grt('DPry ; and the guls
drove to church in tine ~tyle. The bridP.,lllss )fary Ga.bb-v;ho
IS the hoetel orderly-wa.s gm~n away by
~u~s Grlbble. our tru;truet~ and bost~u
at the ho..,u•l, the bridPgroorn being Private
Gr1vett, ot the Royal lo'lt'ld Arttllery, who
'wa~ actually in the ret~at from )lom and
nl"o fought nt Ypl't' and on the Sowne.
The br1de i'> n>ma1run~ on m the Land
Army, nnd later on the rouple hope to take
up a small holding, perhap a frwt fann,
&:> An ex.sold;er and ex-1 ... nd Army fllrl.
(',.mon Liyrtt, father of our Onmru.-.ln~t
<.;ecret:\ry, honou.rc>d thl' young couple by
corning lmnse If w pertonn the Cf'remon~-,
and gllV<' them a ruost <'harnung littlo
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ndctn- q,
JU.it a.s the bridal pro('(' "ion \\.ls golnl( to
'hut up the r hurch, a ~treat dl\'Cl"ion was
r:lu!>Cd by Laddje, the bob-taill'd sheep dost,
who Wished to take a promJn~'nt part and
had to be foreibly rcstram~d. A guard of
honour wM formed out~ldc the porch, ~~~
the bridal pair pas,.d nodr.r arches of
croc;."-Cd hay mk••s, greeted by a bur.-t or
ch~nn~t. At tern drlightful weddin~ brenk·
fa!lt In the ho<~tcl meadow, i'fiu Blt\n dr0\1'
t ht> young couple off in her car, e~oorted b)
:llra. Whit~· . So we tr1111t that the hont•y-
moon should indeed fare wdl, st:uted undl!r
the au"~pi c~'l of two Welfal'l' Otn~N. Good
lurk to our little bridr, and (.iod ble ~them
both I
Flints Girls' Club
A CLUB undertht' G.F .R. and th•• Girl<~' GIUhi h:1s bren OJX'n~d
in '(old w which 1 •. >\. \.S. are :\dnuttl'd frNl. It. is o}X'n
evt'ry ov,•ning for mu~lc, '~in~tln(( nnd ganw",aurt th~ girls nttRnr will h:we to JOmn" u'!eful" cla•~ 1t lhc w1shcs to Join the
"da.ncm~ cln'~s.'' Cl.l" a In pl.llnnredlrwork, embroldery.l\.wt ·
tu\ I( t\nd rrochct \V ill start w1th tht' nutnmn aN!!ItOrun: ptmulx'r.
l'ho L \ \ .S.'s say tht'y ftol much woro at holM now thry
l.uow wht ro to go wht'n thfly hnvt' n fl'\'0 C\'Culng,and whore they
ran go•nemlly see thl'ir Welfa~ Oll1C11r.
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