Couple Vanish As Their Wedding Guests Arrive

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27838, 10 December 1955, Page 9

Couple Vanish As Their Wedding Guests Arrive

(Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, December 9. The mystery of the bride from the picturesque Devon village. Clyst Saint George, who vanished yesterday with her bridegroom. leaving wedding guests standing, was front page news in London's national newspapers today. The “Daily Mail” said that the wedding had been fixed for 2.30 p.m. at the village church. Guests included tenants from the bridegroom’s family estates. , Then the vicar, the Rev. Charles Bray, pinned a notice on the church door saying that the wedding would not take place. This preceded the news that the bride, attractive Enid Pidsley, who is 22, of Clyst Manor House, had disappeared with the groom. John Pitt Robshaw, who is file son of a wealthy landowner and a member of the East Devon Foxhounds. ~ The “Daily Mail” said that the bride's brother, Richard, said: “John and my sister have gone into hiding. The bridegroom’s father, Mr L. PittRobshaw, said: “All I know is that John has gone away and will not be back for a week.” Two women near the Manor House said that they saw the bride dressed in a red dress and a fur coat drive away with the groom in his car 30 minutes before the wedding time. “Both looked supremely happy,” they said. The “Daily Express” said that the bride returned from an American holiday a fortnight ago and brought a model wedding gown with her. The ushers told the guests, “The bride is

indisposed. The wedding is cancelled,” as police called to control the wedding traffic directed cars away from the church. Mr Bray explained: “I was told an hour before the wedding that it would have to be postponed owning to the sudden illness of the bride. I informed as many as possible of the 100 guests,” said the newspaper. “The reception was held as arranged at the groom’s parents’ home. I was invited, but did not go. After all. a reception is held primarily to wish a young couple happiness, ’ said the vicar.