A very early-seventies wedding dress ... I believe that capes are "out" nowadays. And that overlong dress is likely to assist in Wilma's loss of footing and tumble.
Bonus - As Trump fumbles another diplomatic challnge (again.)
Today's slide, reflects this joyful time, with a slide from 1971's Guildford. Mmmmm. Hats on Old Bats.
Bonus : Another day closer to the end.
But velvet Bridesmaids' dresses, and the guest with an oversize black bow tie. It could only be the Seventies. 1977, to be precise. No punk fashions for these church-goers, but later that evening...?
Bonus - Well, that is unique. Underwater Military Museum-Aqaba
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.
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June 1964, and someone thought that it was a good idea to wear a pink two-piece, just a few months after Jackie Kennedy wore a similar outfit in Dallas.
Brave.
Bonus - My friend accused me of stealing his thesaurus...
Not only was I shocked; I was taken aback, flabbergasted, and aghast.
Yet, outside of that punk bubble, in the general public, fashions changed slowly. Especially for Bridesmaids and ...gulp... Bridegrooms??? ...and Summer Nights by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John was number one. A weird time.
Bonus - An unsolved mystery: the coffins found on Arthur's Seat
The Grooms wide lapel suit, kipper tie and Porn Star moustache.
The Gothic Death Metal Bridesmaid backing singers.
Bride's pure white dress with matching polar bear fur cape with a hood.
Awesome.
Dated July 1972, but looks more suitable to winter or colder months.
Bonus - Just been listening to Johnny Cash - at Folsom Prison. Fantastic stuff.
There was always a risk that the bride would say "I Don't" at the critical point. At which point, a pre-prepared Spare would be wheeled in, and after a quick move of the veil, the back-up would step up.
In this slide Gladys Harper (on the left) got cold feet, and Mavis Farnsworth (with the veil) stepped into the breach.
These reserve brides were usually on a 6-month contract, after which they would be on their way out....with a hefty cheque, or 60 head of sheep...depending upon contractual terms.
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Doug and Debbie, Norm the Best Man, Doug's Parents (Melvin and Agatha), Debbie's Parents (Peregrine and Eunice), the Bridesmaids ( Felicity, Jenny and Brian (Yes ... I know, but he asked)) and Flower Girls (Alice and Enid). Phew.
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Especially, Wedding outfits.
Popular in 1970's America, the Butler and Lace Doily combo.
Bonus - Ignoring Trump for a little...
Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate
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That was my first thought, but I'm not convinced. It certainly doesn't seem like the Happiest Day Of Their Lives, does it.
And the deep blue dress, rather than the traditional white? Maybe this is just the Best Man and Bridesmaid.
It sort of fits, with the audience / congregation focusing on something else, behind them.
Who knows?
Bonus - Also in the What The Hell corner...
This time, the slide says Helsinki Wedding at Underground Church Jane 1987.
Which is nice.
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Bonus - Puppy Love
Bonus 2 - Cracking open a 117-year-old Antarctic milk time capsule
And from 1972, Eddie and Shazza get married on the most romantic of days. SVD
And Shazza is rocking that pure white hooded cape. Yeah, pure white. Sure.
Bonus - Police aware - of Dead Cow
Fifty years of welded bliss. Nice !
Bonus - .The Bizarre Cottage Industry of YouTube Obituary Pirates
The main image (above) of Guests At An Event in 1963, suffers from the harsh nature of photographic flash-bulbs of the time. A bright flash of magnesium, 2 inches above the camera, gave a very flat washed-out image of the subject.
Zomie-like I would say.
So, as an experiment, I took the original image and reduced it to mono-chrome (second image).
I then uploaded it to Palaette.fm to see what their AI coloration algorithms would do. And the result - the third image. Hmm, not bad.
The battered old car isn't really part of the fairy-tale wedding, but .... not everyone gets a convertible.
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That Norman Wickerstaff turned out to be a bit of a wet blanket. After the divorce, he went off to share a flat with a Hairdresser from Leeds, if you know what I mean."
Bonus - It’s illegal to burn a body in a floating boat anywhere in the U.S., and a single town in Colorado is the only place in the country where you can legally burn a corpse on a dry-land funeral pyres.
The popular conception of what are commonly called “Viking” funerals – a flaming longship – aren’t historically accurate anyway […] “They (Vikings) were more likely to drag the boat ashore and burn it on dry land with the chieftain’s body and his possessions inside, or just bury the entire boat without setting it on fire,” Pray told Cowboy State Daily.
Had a new box of old slides delivered a few days ago, and yesterday I scanned them in. Mostly dull, but this was one of the better ones. Slide is marked Sept 1967, so... 55 years ago :-)
Synchronicity. Today, my Sis and B-i-L are off at a wedding in sunny (?) Derbyshire. I wonder how fashions have changed then to now.
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