Could this photo have been taken in 1911

Aulus · Post by **Aulus** » 17 Mar 2007 21:59

I have a photograph of a wedding, which if the identification of the happy couple is right should be in 1911.

But the women's dresses look a bit short to me (and the groom has a wacky hairstyle for 1911 - it doesn't really show on this photo, but on another photo of just the couple, he has an enormous quiff, that 40+ years later many a teddy boy would have been proud of!)

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YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 17 Mar 2007 22:32

Depending on where in the country it was taken, my guess would be the 1930/40's. The brides headdress is really 'slapper' style from the 1920's, but the rest of the clothes look more 1930/40's.

I would presume this is not a 'society' wedding judging by the tin hut (could be a nissan hut, lots of villages gained them as halls) in the background.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 17 Mar 2007 22:50

Here is a 1913 marriage from my files.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 17 Mar 2007 22:52

This one is 1948

ireneblackburn · Post by **ireneblackburn** » 17 Mar 2007 23:09

I'm no expert but I would say it is more likely to be 1920s or early 1930s, based on the general style but in particular the bride's headdress.

Irene B

foxspiv · Post by **foxspiv** » 17 Mar 2007 23:22

My best guess would be early 1920s - see this family photo on my website which was taken in 1923. Note the double-brimmed hat in both photos - a bizarre fashion, which one can only hope didn't last too long!
http://www.foxspivey.co.uk/famhist.html
Best, Diane

Aulus · Post by **Aulus** » 17 Mar 2007 23:35

Thanks for the confirmation folks!

Very helpful.

Well ... sort of. Now I have to try to work out who on earth this lot could be and why we've got their wedding photos![grin]

MarkB · Post by **MarkB** » 18 Mar 2007 13:03

More like 1921 than 1911 - definitely not the latter.

AnneEast · Post by **AnneEast** » 22 Mar 2007 00:45

Don't forget that photos which turn up (unlabelled) in family collections could just be friends of your parents/relations!
I speak as one who has recently sent out a load of photos of my daughter's wedding to friends. Also I have just had to go through a huge drawer full of old photos as we cleared my Dad's house. Mostly we knew who they were but some we knew were just friends.
Anne

bardon · Post by **bardon** » 24 Mar 2007 10:59

My parents married in 1926 and the ladies in their wedding picture are wearing the same style of hats as in your photograph, so I guess that c.1926 is the date of the wedding. I also note that the background looks like the typical 'Tin Mission' wall; these 'Tin Missions' were satellites of the main church, and as well as church usage they were often available for private hire - might it have been the venue for the wedding reception in view of the number of people in the photograph? [smile]
Don. Murray

JimBroad · Post by **JimBroad** » 24 Oct 2007 16:53

Off subject really but...

Dis nobody notice that Jane's response (17/03/07) referred to the ladies look as 'slapper'... I think she means 'flapper'.

In the UK 'slapper' has a particularly bad connotation; I should know as I made the same mistake in telling someone I liked very much that she looked like a slapper. She did forgive me... eventually[oops]

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