AN ENGLISH WEDDING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19578, 26 August 1933, Page 11

AN ENGLISH WEDDING

ROSE BRIDAL SCHEME A charming simplicity, matching the surroundings of the tiny village and the bare lines of the Downs, was the keynote of the wedding of the Earl of Warwick and Miss Rose Bingham at Glynd, Sussex. Inside the eighteenth-century church, dimly lit, with its blue-painted roof and quiet-hued brocaded walls, roses were everywhere. Flaming masses of Dorothy Perkins—the sarpe flower grew in profusion in the little churchyard—were twined about the oaken pillars. Awaiting the bride in the belfry porch were her bridesmaids and trainbearers. The latter were Master Simon Eden and Miss Patience Eden, the boy in red satin trousers, with a chiffon skirt, and the little girl in a long dress of white organdie muslin, sashed with red velvet. Miss Margaret Livingstone-Lear-month, who met the bride at the first steps, helped her to carry her long train, had some little difficulty in controlling her lace decorated bridal train on the walk from the lychgate to the church door. An unruly wind—which ensured that the threatening rain held off—played antics with the train, and some moments of adjustment were necessary at the threshold of the church, while the bride waited on the arm of her uncle, Lt.-Col. R. C. Bingha. The bridal gown was of rose-petal satin, ivory-pink in colour, the long rounded train, which was trimmed with a flounce of white tulle, extending 18 feet from the waist. On her tulle veil, which was held by a chaplet of orange buds, were small motifs of fine lace, forming its only decorations. Her bouquet was of white roses, and prominent in Miss Bingham’s ensemble was the striking pearl necklace which she had received from the bridegroom as his wedding present. Her other bridesmaids were Miss Katherine Horlick, Miss Barbara Steele and Miss Shelia Phipps-Foster. They wore long dresses of white chiffon organdie, with gored skirts ruched at the hem, with wide picot ruches of the same chiffon. Puff sleeves finished the fitting bodices, which had rounded necklines. Each wore a white crystal head-dress and carried a bouquet of red roses arranged in Good-year style, matching the sashes of red velvet ribbon, which were tied in long loops at the back. As the couple emerged from the church after the ceremony and walked slowly towards the lychgate, school children who lined the way strewed their path with rose petals. At the lychgate was a crowd of several hundred people, many sporting roses, who had come from all over the countryside. Several hundred of Lord Warwick’s guests, including many of his tenants, made the Journey from Warwick by special trains. The tenantry went to Glynde from Lewes in a fleet of motor coaches, loudly cheered by cottagers en route.

After the ceremony a reception was held at Littledene the home of Lady Rosabelle Brand, the bride’s mother.