Vintage weddings
DID YOU KNOW?
Moongates became popular in the 1920s when the Furness Withy travel company commissioned the Duke of Westminster’s gardener to landscape the gardens of the old Bermudiana Hotel. The moongate idea was imported from China, and the first was erected at what is now the west entrance to Par-la-Ville Park. Local legend has it that a bride and a groom should make a wish and walk through a moongate on their wedding day.
February 2, 1950
April 10, 1950
Miss Frances Elizabeth Ashmore of Cardiff, Wales, became the bride of Mr. Henry James Tucker III, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Tucker, Jr. of Paget. The Rev. Mr. Leslie Gunner officiated at the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. Mr. David Evans of St. John’s Church, Pembroke. Later some eight hundred guests flocked to the Tucker home, The Lagoon. Music was provided by the Talbot Brothers.
Miss Patricia Joan Selley, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Selley of Pembroke and the late John Selley, married John Elliot (Shot) Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Cooper of Shelly Bay. The ceremony took place at The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity with a reception at the English Speaking Union, Cedar Avenue.
January 1960 October 1964 Miss Rosamond Wendy Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Walker of Paget, wed Mr. Michael Anthony Butt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Butt of Richmond Hill, Ontario, at Christ Church in Devonshire. After the wedding, a reception was held at Pomander Gate, Paget.
At St. John’s Church, Pembroke, Miss Cornelia Ann Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hinson Cooper of Paget, became the bride of Mr. J. Warren Young, son of Admiral and Mrs. Edwin J. S. Young of Orange Park, Jacksonville, Fla. The ceremony was performed by Canon E. N. B. Chapman, with Mr. David Wadson at the organ. The choir of the Bermuda High School for Girls was directed by Miss Gladys Tatem.
DID YOU KNOW?
The custom of getting to and from the wedding by horse and buggy started, naturally enough, back when it was the best way to get around the island. In those days, a large carriage would transport the groom and his attendants to the wedding, then go and pick up the bride and her party. This way the bride could be sure the groom was already at the church, waiting for her. 1966
1969
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Simmons
Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. L. Pearman
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