At Hartland Wedding - 2nd March 1937

Bridegroom And Best Man In Light-Keepers Uniform

Both bridgegroom and best man wore their light-keeper's uniform at the wedding at St Nectan's on Saturday, of Mr Redvers Ewart, younger and only surviving son of Mrs Annie and the late Mr William Buckler, to Bessie Iverna R., younger daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest W Pyne, of Blagdon. The weather cleared just in time for the ceremony.
The Vicar (Rev Ivon Gregory, R.D.) officiated, Mr G Burrow being organist.
The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of white satin with train, embroidered veil and coronet of orange blossoms, white satin shoes and carried a bouquet of arum lilies, white carnations, white heather, and ferns. She was attended by her only sister Mrs Doris Barnes, of St Anne's Lighthouse, as matron of honour, who wore an ankle length marina marocain dress, hat to tone and silver shoes.
Bridesmaids were Miss May Westlake, Miss Cissy Lane, Miss L Stanbury. They wore ankle length marina satin dresses, net caps to tone, trimmed with velvet flowers and silver leaves, silver sandal shoes, and carried bouquets of pink carnations, white heather and ferns. Mr G Hy Prebble (Hartland Point) was best man. The bride's mother wore a brown marocain dress with brown hat, and the bridegrooms's mother one of navy blue silk and navy blue hat.
The bride's preesnt to the bridegroom was a gold watch chain and the bridegroom gave the bride a cabinet sewing machine. He also gave the Misses Lane and Stanbury silver bangles, and Mrs Barnes and Miss Westlake gold signet rings.
About forty attended a reception at Blagdon House. The honeymoon is being spent at Bournemouth the bride travelling in a brown dress and coat and rust coloured going away hat.
The bride and bridegroom's new address will be Devon House, Edmund Street, Holyhead, N Wales.