84 Years Ago today - The Wedding

 

I've previously posted slides from Dene's Wedding, and discussed the possible background.

Today's slide was marked as "Helen Huntington and Mr Mapstone (Maid of Honour and Best Man)".

I don't think that she is the socialite Helen Huntington, but ... you never know.

Bonus - 

Comet will not be helping Santa in 2026

The Parelskis and May Henry

From the "Dene's Wedding" box of slides. Sorry about the sub-excellent slide condition, but remember that they date from 29th December 1941.  Yes, 77 years ago.

I still wonder what the circumstances were ... 12 days after Pearl Harbour.

Bonus - The best timed TV lead in, ever.

Bonus 2 -

The Parelskis and May Henry

Another slide from the "Dene's Wedding" set this time with a new set of wedding guests, but with the same strange blue fungal attack.

Bonus - Products that should not exist - The Dildo Selfie Stick

Mr and Mrs JS Summers.

Mr and Mrs JS Summers.
From the "Dene's Wedding - Dec 29th 1941" set.  A Very sombre wedding, I suspect. Just weeks after Pearl Harbour, so a rushed wedding before someone heads off to war ?

Bonus : My new favourite blog

Wedding (with fungus)

Another slide from the Dene's Wedding set, and, yes, it is rather affected by mould, but it still got a certain charm. This was labelled as "PP from Westminster Church", and just to remind you, the wedding was 29th December 1941.Who knows whether the wedding was a wartime rush-job.

PS  Yes, Slide Guy is back online, after an unexpected outage due to a router demise.

Bonus -

Bill and Edna Specht

Another one from the ever-reliable "Dene's wedding December 29th 1941" set.

I wonder if this is the Bill Specht who founded Cousins Subs?


Bonus : Prank the Daily Mail with this iPod Message Creator

Betty More (Bob's Sister) and Jean Procco - Bridesmaids

From the "Dene's Wedding Dec 29th 1941" set.

Two umm....Beautiful Bridesmaids.

Again, Jean may be a Frenchman, adopting a female persona to avoid military service.  Maybe.

Bonus - Question what you already know.What keeps a train on the track?

Mr and Mrs Albert Odell

From a box of slides marked as "Dene's wedding December 29th 1941", this appears to be two of the guests Mr+Mrs Albert Odell.

What's fascinating is that 22 days before the wedding, Pearl Harbour was attacked by Japanese planes, and the United States declared war on Japan.    How did that affect the wedding?   Was this a hastily-organised wedding before the groom headed off to war?  I dunno, but it's an interesting thought.

Bonus - Well Played Sir (Dumb-ass)