ANVIL WEDDINGS MORE POPULAR—Marriages at the famous smithy at Gretna Green are becoming more popular. Those who do not wish to be married in church and who regard the registrar’s offices as prosaic find at Gretna the note of Romance they are seeking. One hundred and eighteen weddings (very few of the participants being eloping couples) have been celebrated beside the anvil this year.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 13
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64ANVIL WEDDINGS MORE POPULAR—Marriages at the famous smithy at Gretna Green are becoming more popular. Those who do not wish to be married in church and who regard the registrar’s offices as prosaic find at Gretna the note of Romance they are seeking. One hundred and eighteen weddings (very few of the participants being eloping couples) have been celebrated beside the anvil this year. Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6803, 5 January 1929, Page 13
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