On this day in 1939, my Mum and Dad were married.They were to have honeymooned in Paris but given that WWII broke out on September 3rd they had a weekend in Blackpool instead before my Dad went off to the army for five years.
My Mum at her wedding in 1939
My Dad retired early to write and dedicated his first novel to my Mum ( using a nom de plume as advised by the publishers as it was thought that women read more historical romantic fiction and that they like to read books written by women!) The novel is set in Cornwall in the late 1800’s and its background is the tin mining industry that was so important to the Cornish.
Dad’s first novel, published in the US and the UK by Weidenfeld and Nicholson, in paperback by Sphere
The dedication
Their Golden wedding in 1989 was a great big family reunion in Cornwall as by then my older brother and his wife and two children were living in Munich, Germany, my younger brother and his wife were in Atlanta, Georgia and my sister and her growing family were in Phoenix, Arizona and I was in Yorkshire with my family. The advance for Ellen Bray paid for everyone to come to the two week long party!
Leif Price
September 8, 2020 at 3:01 am
Oh, such a wonderful memories!
mybeautfulthings
September 18, 2020 at 3:00 pm
Thank you. They were a very special couple. 🙂
nrhatch
September 7, 2020 at 7:02 pm
Lovely retelling of their tale together.
Hard to imagine getting married only to be separated for the next 5 years ~ worse than this lockdown.
mybeautfulthings
September 18, 2020 at 3:04 pm
And they wrote to each other every day! Yes, much worse than our lockdown.
commonprose
September 3, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Very special people with fortitude and strong principles. <3
mybeautfulthings
September 3, 2020 at 6:41 pm
Yes, indeed. Miss them. xx
commonprose
September 3, 2020 at 6:42 pm
Me too.
mybeautfulthings
September 3, 2020 at 6:42 pm
xx
utesmile
September 2, 2020 at 7:48 pm
Wonderful memories.
mybeautfulthings
September 3, 2020 at 1:26 pm
They are and always with me. 🙂
Sandra
September 2, 2020 at 7:36 pm
Special memories 😊
mybeautfulthings
September 3, 2020 at 1:26 pm
Yes, they are, thank you. 🙂