Margaret & Arthur Hambrook pictured by a pond.
FIRST BRIDE FOR 122 YEARS - The first bride from the Rectory to be married at the Parish Church for 122 years was the record of Miss Mary Nancy Heward Hambrook, younger daughter of the Rev. A. Hambrook and Mrs. Hambrook, who, at Week St. Mary, Devon(!!), on Saturday, was married to Mr Arthur Donald Turner, only son of Mrs. M. Turner and the late Mr. Arthur Turner, Blenheim Road, Wakefield. The ceremony was conducted by three of the bride's relatives who are in Holy Orders, her uncles, the Rev. F. A. Page (Northfleet, Kent) and Rev. C. A. Page (St. Michael's, Derby), and her father. There were two organists, Mr. T. Rogers, and a second cousin of the bride, the Rev. G. L. Michell, of Worcester. Given away by her brother, Mr. Robin Hambrook, the bride looked charming in a gown of white fine ribbed woollen material of French design, with a short train, and her net veil was held in place by a cluster of white gardenias and myrtle. She was attended by only one bridesmaid, Miss Josephine Skittery, of Long Sutton, Somerset, who wore lavender wool crepe, with veil of lavender net, and carried a bouquet of almond and wild cherry. She wore earrings, the gift of the bridegroom. The best man was Mr. Edward Varley, of Ossett, and the ushers Messrs. Martin Swann, William Parsons, Richard Voelcker, and John Parsons. The bridegroom's mother was in a grey two-piece suit, and the bride's mother wore a sage grey ensemble. The church was decorated with primroses, anemones, pink tulips, almond and wild cherry blossom, and was filled with parishioners, who subsequently were guests at a reception in the Rectory Hall. Amongst the guests was Sir Howell Williams, D.L., of London, a great-uncle of the bridegroom. The couple later left for a motoring holiday in South Cornwall, the bride travelling in a brown ensemble. The bridegroom is a member of the firm of Arthur Turner and Co., Ltd., building contractors, Wakefield.
