The Wedding Dress
Sarah Avery – 23rd September 1967
Announced 3 months approx. after we started going out seriously!!
On my wedding day I felt quite shy but quietly confident. While I was getting ready there was a photographer hanging around taking photos of me around the house and I never liked having my pictures taken. But as we went to the church it was lovely. An old friend drove me and my dad all the way through the village and people were waiving and wishing me well. That’s what happened when you get married in the village where you live. When I got to the church and saw John in front of the altar I couldn’t stop smiling. Neither of us could stop smiling. For most of the day we were smiling to all our friends. Lovely people. At the end of the day we both had our jaws hurting. I never really dreamed of getting married but I used to think that if I did get married I would have wanted to see someone just like John in the end of the aisle. Something in me recognized he was the one. I was very lucky I got him. I felt very beautiful in my dress. I had spent a lovely day with my mum choosing the material. She was a very elegant women and I made her proud. It was a very special day my parents gave me a lovely reception here in the house where I still live in.