It is disconcerting to see personal experiences fading into the historical past.
Yesterday, 18 February, was my wedding anniversary; Greg and I have been married for 35 years.
My memories, of course, are of the church, the bells, the gown and so forth, while the historical fact is now an item in the National Library’s digitised collection of Australian newspapers (most cease at 1956, but the Canberra Times, where our wedding news was reported, has been digitised up to 1995).

(1984, February 19). The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 – 1995), p. 18 (SUNDAY EDITION). Retrieved February 19, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116390954
In the newspaper wedding photograph I am wearing a Honiton lace veil that my grandmother wore at her wedding and was worn by various ladies of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family. My English cousins kindly sent it to Australia for me to continue the tradition.

Greg and I on our wedding day with our attendants Greg’s nieces Cassandra and Jodie and my cousin Vanessa

Me on my wedding day with the veil

my grandmother Kathleen Cudmore on her wedding day 10 June 1933
Yesterday, 35 years later, Greg and I had lunch with friends and spent an enjoyable afternoon at the National Gallery of Victoria. These events will not reach the newspapers, though perhaps this blog might help to make them discoverable, a (very little) part of history.

Greg at the National Gallery of Victoria on our wedding anniversary
Happy Anniversary! What an exquisite veil… how special to wear something of your grandmother’s on your wedding day. Love that exquisite bouquet, too!
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Congratulations! What a special tradition to carry on down the generations.
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Congratulations on your 35th anniversary, Anne… may there be many more to come.
How wonderful to be able to wear your grandmother’s beautiful veil. I loved all the photos, a really pretty wedding.
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Thank you, Chris
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Happy Anniversary! How awesome to have worn an item passed down from your grandmother! So Special!
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Congratulations – 35 years and you have made history! It is a strange thing to find it in the newspapers of yesterday I imagine. Reminds me of when one of my daughters said she was studying the Beatles in Music History – how can that be I thought, I saw them in Melbourne – surely I can’t be history yet??
Absolutely love the veil – what a family treasure and wonderful that family sent it over for you to wear.
Wishing you many many many more anniversaries to come.
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