The
institution of marriage is on the decline as recent generations make other
arrangements they regard as more suited to their lifestyle. But we should not
think it was all easy long ago.
The Find My
Past website has picked out from Press Reports some choice specimens where
things went wrong from day one.
Banns Blunder
from the Hartlepool Daily Mail, 2 June 1936
Bumbling Best
Man from the Nottingham Evening Post, 28 May 1933
Extreme Safe
Keeping from the Nottingham Evening Post 20 July 1904
The Old Ball
And Chain from the South Wales Daily News 8 July1895
In It For The
Long Stretch from the Western Daily Express 16 April 1930
The Show Must
Go On from the Merthyr Telegraph 21 February 1879
There must
have been more, many more. The picture at the top is "Call To Arms"
by Leighton.
Ours went smoothly enough although there was a stabbing in the pub we stayed at overnight on our way to the honeymoon hotel. The following morning there was still blood on the steps. It was cheap though.
ReplyDeleteWe found The Wheatsheaf at Ludlow a decent place. On the Saturday night it was a bit noisy in the town centre but they did a very good breakfast.
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