GRETNA GREEN
ABOLITION MOVE
EXPLOITING ROMANCE
FOR £2000 A YEAR (United Tress Association—By Ulcetric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received January 23, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Janurry 22. The Committee on Scottish Marriage Law recommends the abolition of Gretna Green and other irregular marriages, declaring that a law permitting marriage contracted without intimation of the ceremony and without procedure is indefensible and opens the door to widespread seduction, deceit, and other evils. The committee discloses that there never was a blacksmith's shop at Gretna Green, where marriages were conducted by a man named Mackie, who exploited the spurious romantic stories by fitting up a room with an anvil and conducting "marriages." His income from this reached £2000 a year. The committee instances many tragedies arising from Gretna Green marriages.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 19, 23 January 1937, Page 9
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125GRETNA GREEN Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 19, 23 January 1937, Page 9
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