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Mr P Trapnell and Miss J Martin

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The bride’s father, who is Rector of the Church, officiated and bells of the ancient Church of St Nicholas, Twywell, near Kettering, rang out on Saturday, September 27th, at the wedding of Mr Peter Trapnell, second son of Mr and Mrs E Howard Trapnell, of Western View, Westward Ho! to Miss Joan Martin, elder daughter of the Rev. and Mrs John Martin, Twywell Rectory, Northamptonshire.

Mr Peter Trapnell, who is a director in the family business of Trapnells Lts, Bideford, is well known locally, especially in sporting circles. A member of the Royal North Devon Golf Club, e won the Devon Union Challenge Cup and the ‘Western Morning News’ Cup at the annual competition meeting of Devon Golfers Union last year.

As a member of the Royal Devon Yeomanry, R.A., he was mobilised for military service at the outbreak of war. He was commissioned in 1910 and the following year was posted to Singapore. In 1942 he was taken prisoner by the Japanese on the fall of that city, and spent most if his captivity in Siam.

Miss Martin has been physical training mistress at West Bank School for the past three years.

Assisting the Rector with the ceremony was the Rev C F Dunsby of Wigan Parish Church. The service was fully choral and Mr F C Berridge was the organist. The hymns were ‘The voice that breathed o’er Eden’, ‘O perfect love’, and ‘May the grace of Christ’. The choir sang ‘The Lord’s my Shepherd’. As the register was signed, a member of the choir sang a solo ‘God be in my head’.

The bride who was given away by a family friend, the Rev B H Danson, wore a full-length dress of white georgette with a train which was carried by Master Martin Leyland. The bride also wore a veil of Brussels net, which had been worn by her mother was kindly lent by the bride’s aunt, Mrs Leyland. She carried a bouquet of red roses and white heather and her head-dress was of orange blossom. Her only ornament was a string of pearls.

She was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Monica Martin, only sister of the bride and Miss Grace Holland, a friend of the bride, who wore blue georgette over flowered crepe. Their head-dresses were of rosebuds and their bouquets of pink roses. The strings of pearls they were wearing were the gift of the bridegroom.

The bride’s mother wore a black tailored pin-stripe suit with matching accessories and the bridegroom’s mother a brown tailored suit with accessories to match.

Mr Norman G Hunt, brother-in-law of the bridegroom, was the best man.

The bride’s present to the bridegroom was a gold ring. From the bridegroom the bride received a gold wristlet watch as a wedding gift.

Following the reception held at Twywell Recotry, Mr and Mrs Peter Trapnell left for their honeymoon at Locarno, Switzerland, the bride travelling in a mushroom coloured ensemble with accessories to match.

The large number of wedding gifts included Lloyd Loom chair and clothes basket from Trapnells Ltd staff, silver tea spoons from the staff of West Bank School, a cut-glass bowl from pupils of West Bank School, and a cheque from Twywell Parochial Church Council, Church Choir and bellringers.

It was 105 years since a Rector’s daughter had been married at Twywell Church and to mark the occasion the Rector and Mrs Martin gave a dance to parishioners and friends in the ancient Rectory, which was a very joyous and happy occasion. Special mention must be made of the delightful touches given by the bellringers during the afternoon.

Gazette article 1947

Folk Dancing Interest

Mr and Mrs Peter Trapnell, of Bideford, have been selected to represent North Devon in the South-Western team that will be presenting traditional folk dances at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on January 9th and 10th. Folk dancers, singers and musicians from all over the country will be assembling there under the auspices of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. Of special interest, too, is that a Bideford Grammar School boy, 14 year old Bill Chugg, son of Mr and Mrs W A Chugg, and grandson of Mr William Blackmore, one of the Bideford boatbuilding brothers, has been selected to play his violin in the orchestra. Mrs Trapnell has played a leading part locally in the encouragement of folk dancing classes, and a tribute to her interest is the fact that over 200 dances are expected at the Christmas barn dance to be held at Westward Ho! Holiday Centre tomorrow evening, for which Mr Tony Foxworthy, from the Society, will be acting as MC.

Gazette article dated 19 December 1958

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