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Lichfield Wedding

MR. D. O. C. BRIDGEMAN AND MISS M. I. DEACON

Miss Mary Isobel Deacon, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Deacon, "Maryland", Friary Avenue, Lichfield, was married at S. Chad's Church, Lichfield to Mr. David Other Clive Bridgeman, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Bridgeman, Lichfield, The bride's father is a director of the firm of Deacon (Lichfield) Ltd., and she is a granddaughter of Mr. George Deacon, of Deacon and Littlewood Ltd. The bridegroom' s father is a member of the staff of the Lichfield King Edward VI School.

The service was fully choral and the Rector (the Rev. J. Daniel Duder) officiated. There was a large congregation and as the bridal party entered the church, the organist (Mr. R. Earl) played Wagner's "Lohengrin". The hymns sung were "Lead us, Heavenly Father," "O Perfect Love", and "God be in my head." The organist played Mendelssohn's Wedding March.

The bride looked charming in a dress of silver lame, cut on Elizabethan design, which she designed herself. She wore a white tulle veil and headdress of frezias, and carried a bouquet of fresias.

There were two bridesmaids, Miss Diana Handford, daughter of Cllr. A. W. Handford and Mrs. Handford, and cousin of the bride; and Miss Caroline Winfield, friend of the bride. The bridesmaids were attired in dresses of white tulle, Elisabethean style, and wore headdresses at anenomes and carried posies of carnations.

Best man was Major T. J. R. Deacon (cousin of the bride), and the ushers were Captain Tony Deacon and Mr. Alan Webb.

The reception held at the Guildhall was attended by 150 guests.

Subsequently the newly married couple left for London and a secret destination. On their return they will reside at Cherry Orchard, Lichfield.