a wedding pic??

[Jilly McMad]

would you say that this was a wedding photo??

My aunt seems to think this is a pic of my granny's wedding day but my mum isnt convinced that it is....

what would you say?? and what year would you say it was??

wedding pic.jpg

[Olde Crone Holden]

Jilly

She's clutching a bunch of lucky heather, so I would say it's definitely a wedding photo - nice two piece "costume" and her best blouse!

OC

[Paul Barton, Special Agent]

Could it be to celebrate the engagement? What's she got on her finger?

[Jilly McMad]

i thought that when i saw the "bouquet" too!!

stylish or wot!!! pmsl

mind you ...the lucky white heather must have worked cos they were married for over 60 years! lol

[Jilly McMad]

Paul...it looks to me like a single band on her finger and I'm not sure they had an engagement...

i know they married in 1927 so if those outfits would fit that time then I would tend to agree with my aunt that this was indeed their wedding photo

[Roger in Sussex]

It looks like a studio pic, from the background. I would have thought a wedding photo would have been taken where the ceremony took place - seems more likely that a newly engaged couple would visit a photographer than a newly married pair surrounded by relatives. Or are they wearing "going away" clothes?

[Olde Crone Holden]

Jilly

Yes, skirts were going up in the 1920s - looks as if she's taken a big hem on hers to make it fashionable.

She looks very young in the photo - teens?

OC

[Little Nell]

Hard to tell, but they are certainly wearing smart clothes. It could be an engagement pic or one to celebrate the wedding.

I have two "conventional" (ie white long dresses and veils) photos, one is of my gt grandparents in 1890 and annoyingly the bride has her veil down so you can't see her face - the other is husband's grandparents. In both cases they look like they were taken in studios with prop furniture and backgrounds.

[Jilly McMad]

they got married in the Church Manse which would have possibly looked more like a studio than in a church for instance...and they definately wouldnt have been able to afford going to a studio for pictures...they werent a "flush" couple....

yup OC....granny was 19 when she got married and grandpa was 21...

[lisaht]

this is my nan and grandads wedding photo in 1924, maybe it was a trend to have a sitting

[Jilly McMad]

oooo you'rs have hats!!! lol

[lisaht]

well we are very posh you know

[Jilly McMad]

hurrumph!! we wisny....but we had a "bouquet" lmao

[Olde Crone Holden]

My parents got married during the war, in full regalia.

Mum is wearing a Utility wedding dress, a veil made from a net curtain and carrying a posy of artificial flowers. She couldn't get hold of any white shoes (she had tiny feet, size 2) so she blanco-ed her black ones!

They married in church but the photo is taken in a studio.

OC

[Jilly McMad]

oh wow....you got a pic of that??

[Olde Crone Holden]

Jilly

Yes, but don't hold your breath - the last time I uploaded anything to this site I did it upside down and everyone had to stand on their head to see it!

OC

[Jilly McMad]

pmsl!!!

[Snowdrops in Bloom]

Here's a 1925 wedding - my Grandma and Granddad (I also get 2 great grandma's included here - plus numerous other rellies who haven't been identified, and there'sno-one left to tell me who they are!!)

[Snowdrops in Bloom]

Sorry Jilly, forgot to say I think she's definitely wearing a plain gold band and it could almost definitely be their wedding.

[Jilly McMad]

ooo thats a posh looking wedding too snowy!!!

I think its my granny and grandpa's wedding....maybe mum feels that they looked a bit lonely and it couldnt be that they got married and were billy nae mates on the day!!! pmsl