Sunday, September 27, 2009

forty one years ago last Monday

Last Monday on the 21st September my man and I celebrated 41 years of wedded bliss (well not the whole time...don't you have to have some ups with the downs to have ups again???)... I love him to bits still.
We spent the day driving to Hobart and had lunch together in a pizza cafe on Salamanca ..a yummy smoked salmon, brie and pesto pizza...a walk around the city then off to leave me to stay at Chelsea's for the week after putting my man on the bus for home with the new Dan Brown book to read on the way...


Black and white photographs were very in then!!!!



The minister that married us was a stand in as the regular minister was sick on the day....

The bridal party... Kelvins brother Danny, my girlfriend Gaylene, US and best man, Mick Walker, who was the president of the Scottsdale Football Club...they were playing the grand final against North Launceston that day and he was at the alter with a small transistor radio in his pocket trying to listen to the scores...and my other girlfriend Denise...outside of the Mary Magdalene Church of England Church in Anne Street George Town...



This is one of my favorites of the photos we have even though it is too dark... but i love it...(cause you can see i love the man )
My dress was bought in Sydney by my mother and i didnt see it until the week of the wedding but it fitted well ..the style was called "baby doll"...it was made of twinkle crepe that sparkled in the late sun...and the bodice was cu pure lace with an inserted hidden panel in the front..
I was right in with my head dress too...a very sixties three corner scarf covered in crepe flowers...my viel was on a comb and the hair was barrel curls with pale blue forget me nots entwined in it....
the girls and me... they had silk violets in their bouquets that were made by women in a french prison...there dresses where pale pink crimpolene material..


her we are at the Launceston Show the two weeks later.... that is my going away outfit(for those of you who remember what they were???) It was pale blue polished cotton...

(INSET)....and this was the church we were married in...sadly it burned down...





12 comments:

  1. Oh that is soooo cool Annette!! I LOVE seeing old photos like those. Classics!

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  2. love, love, love your going away outfit!!

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  3. Now now now then Bridey... its a pity i didnt still have it...it would be great for the dress up box...i still have the wedding dress albeit a yellow twinkle crepe... i wish for the legs that went with it too...weep weep for the good old days...sigh

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  4. How cute do you too look in the wedding pics. I love old photos they have so much character.

    Angela

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  5. I love both of your wedding day dresses! These old photos are fantastic. You really haven't changed very much Nettie :)

    P.S How much does Chelsea look like Kelvin??

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  6. Congratulations Annette! Not sure about the head scarf-looks a bit like those old bathing caps. But LOVE the dress. And your jaunty little going away outfit. My mum married my dad in a PANTS SUIT!! That would have been about 40 years ago. Cute photos.

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  7. Thank you for sharing your photos. I remember well the baby doll style and crimpolene fabric. You all look very stylish.

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  8. Eat your heart out Barbara Streisand!!!

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  9. wit wooo!! What a gorgeous couple! Congratulations!!

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  10. Happy Anniversary!!! Congrats on 41 years!! You are a beautiful bride :)

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  11. How gorgeous! I love that you've remembered all the little details. I think the head dress is completely funky and has GOT to come back into fashion soon! Your going away outfit is so Jackie O and I LOVE it! Happy Anniversary to you both - you obviously get this crazy thing we call married life! Love you heaps, Wendy xxx

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  12. so gorgoeus
    yep thansk for sharing
    and happy 41 years to a couple who are a great example for us to follow
    xx
    bron

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