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By Easter we had both obtained jobs, to start in September: David on the Unilever Marketting training scheme and me with English Electric. We then house hunted around London, and made an offer for a 2 up, 2 down in New Malden
June saw us taking our Physics Finals, celebrated in a suitable form
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Then got married in Pembroke College Chapel just 10 days after Finals
My mother made my dress: also the wedding cake
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| Robert Monie was the Best Man . . . . Mum, David, Chris & Dad . . . . . . . . Jill. Mags, Robert & Jane . Robert was the organist |
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The Rev.Ed & David's parents |
Reception in Pembroke Hall-below |
Sally, Chris & Fiona |
The two mothers below |
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Robert Monie, Boyd & David . . David & Chris on the Hall steps . . . . . . .Hazel & Mum . . . . . . . . .. Philippa & John |
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Isabelle/Nan with David's parents |
On the lawn between the Chapel & the Hall |
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David persuaded the Bursar to allow us to have the wedding in Pembroke Chapel, and the use of the Hall for the reception and he arranged all the catering. Robert played the organ, and I think a friend did the flowers . The Rev Ed persuaded me to 'obey'!
We were actually married officially the previous day in Oxford Registry Office- to save £50!
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Going away |
Croquet at Weston |
We stayed for 2 nights at the Weston Manor Hotel, quite close to Oxford- unknown luxury!. We slept in 'Mad Maud's' room
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Then we went back to Ashton for a few nights, waiting for the results of our exams, before setting off on our 6 week camping trip to Turkey in our new Comer Imp van, FWL 895E
Our route took us through Istanbul, then across the Bosphorus
http://www.davidgrant.org/holidays/1967/honeymoon-turkey/honeymoon-turkey.html has more photos of this trip.
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. Travelling there we often camped in the wild- to save money: we reckoned on spending £1 per day, either on petrol when travelling or food when stationary, We did have 2 boxes of basic food with us, and also some home baked cakes, of which we would have a slice after dark. One highlight was Pamukkale wth its hot themal pools - we splashed out here and took a hotel room, costing £1. Such bliss!. We were warned only to stay in official campsites- but there were only 5 of those in the whole country!/ Capadoccia was also very imptrssive
Spent 6 weeks away, returing in time to start our new jobs at Unilever and English Electric, and to move into our first house, 27 Northcote Road, New Malden : this cost £3900 . We took possession of it & moved into it in September after our first week at work, me as a programer with English Electric above Whiteleys, Queensway,Bayswater; David on the Unilever Training Scheme with Lever Bros. in Fleet Street . Both firms had paid a hotel bill for this first week at work. Our neighbours had facilitated a bed being delivered: apart from that we had our wedding presnts plus the 2 trunks and their contents that we had had at Oxford. We hired a sander and planed and varnished all the floors, having had at least one rug as a wedding present. Then in the following months, with 2 salaries of ~£1000 each in the bank, we installed 4 storage heaters & acquired extra pieces of furniture. Within a couple of years we were quite cosy and David made a superb wardrobe for our bedroom
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Christmas was spent at Killinchy, the new home of David's parents. Although I was very pampered, it was strange for me! |
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Our house & car . . . .. . . .. Aerial view of the house & garden . . . . . . .View from the back ( David changed some windows!) . . . The small garden |
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