Bridesmaids of the "Punk" Era

 

The slide is stamped as "4th November 1978", so rights at the peak of the explosion of Punk music. Rat Trap by The Boomtown Rats was at Number 3 in the UK Singles Charts, Public Image by PIL was at Number 9, and the top twenty featured Sham 69 and Buzzcocks. Heck, at number 40 was Ivor Biggun and The Winker's Song.

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

Friday Bridal Fashion

 

Springtime, and a couple's fancy turns to ... Fashion.

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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Another European Bride.

 

After yesterday's thunderous response to a Continental Wedding, let's have another.

This time, the slide says Helsinki Wedding at Underground Church Jane 1987.

Which is nice.

Bonus - 

Clever IT

Just Married

 So much nostalgia here, with the usual frustrating lack of information.

I'm no expert of bridal fashions, but that does shout early sixties to me.

White tuxedo for the groom (tacky?) and a plain buzz-cut haircut sort of matches up.

Photographer with old-fashioned flash-bulb camera... yeah !

But, the name above the church door - "Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, should help the research Indeed, Google turns up three of them in USA...but none look like this. Damn.

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Steady There, Harold.

Having been engaged for 3 years, and with Glenda under the watchful eye of her dragon-like mother, young Harold seems rather eager to  head off with his new bride.

Horn-dog !

Bonus - TRAILS OF WIND
The architecture of airport runways

Bonus 2 - Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

A Bride, and Three Reserves :-)

Wayne may well smile - A Beautiful Bride and Three Bridelettes. Nice.

 But remember - Four Mothers-in-Law.

Bonus - Derby Half Marathon 2019 -
A Gallery of Random Runners
A video of everyone - First to Last.   Can you spot yourself?

The Bride and Groom Depart

Or perhaps, the groom is assisting the bride to reverse out of the taxi.

I dunno.

Bonus -  Creative, but stupid

Bonus 2 - Ummm.....No.

The Bride and Groom

I shudder to think what strange knock-out juice is in that glass. Anyone in a frilly shirt and giant bow tie should not be trusted.

Bonus - Curious

Angela and Adam's Wedding

Last night, I was at the reception for Adam and Angela's Wedding. Nice.  So this slide (which doesn't feature Angela or Adam) seemed appropriate.

Nice Cake !

Bonus - The Odd Death of Muriel and Bernard
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