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Church St, weddings Following Valentine’s Day, a couple of wedding photographs from the past. In 1938 the wedding of Patricia Ravenscroft daughter of Colonel Ravenscroft of the Abbey and Sir Walter Barttelot of Stopham took place at St Mary’s, a very grand affair with a real guard of honour.
St Mary’s, 1938
Some years earlier, in 1910 the crowds turned out to see Miss Austin and Mr Hood make their way down the steps to their horse drawn carriage after their wedding.
Miss Austin and Mr Hood, 1910
A popular venue for wedding receptions for many years was the Manor House Hotel in Church Street with its lawns and gardens behind. It was demolished in the 1970s and is now the site of Manor Court and Manor Close.
Manor House Hotel, Church Street, 1970s
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