Longsight wedding?, do you recognise this vicar?

[Eastman]

Thank you Barbara and MancsMan for the additional information, I have a lot  more to go on now than before.

What makes me think that the bride and groom in the group wedding photograph are relatives is that I also have individual and separate studio photographs of the same couple in their everyday clothes which seems to indicate that they were more than just friends of the family.

I have been slowly amassing photographs of nearly all the churches in this area for a clue and will hopefully be able to connect a church with one of the suggested vicars. If I manage to do that, then if need be I will pore over every marriage and every marriage witness at that church.

Thanks again

[Eastman]

What also intrigues me about this photograph is that I think the woman and the man on the right of the group are black, but what year was it taken? thirties or forties??

[Gillg]

Late 20s or early 30s, looking at the bride's dropped waistline and the buttoned shoes of the guest on the right.  Definitely not 40s.

Gillg

[Eastman]

Hi Gillg, Thank you for your advice on the years and the fashion, it all helps.

[Barbara.H]

I agree with Gill, definitely between the wars fashion. The couple on the right do look black, and maybe the child in front of them too? They would be a small minority in the 30s, Found this extract on a site about immigration
http://www.rootschat.com/links/07kl/
(scroll down to 'First World War and After' - not good - hope the family in your photo were treated better)

Eastwood, try emailing your photo to some of the local churches to see if they have old photos/parish magazines etc still in the building -  to compare mugshots of previous vicars. I contacted Rev. Ireland at St Peters a while ago with a marriage query and he was very helpful.   http://www.levenshulmechurches.com/

They have shifted the actual registers to Manchester Library now, but they might still have bits & pieces in the church.

Good link to the Crockford's site Ken, never knew that was around, thanks!

  Barbara

[0rinoco]

I'm probably wrong, but, to me, most of the people in the picture have an Italian look about them, particularly the men with those hats. They just don't look English to me. My dad wore a trilby before the war, but I don't recall seeing hats of the style in the photograph.

[Eastman]

I have Just looked at the Manchester's Central Library online Catalogue at

https://librarycatalogue.manchester.gov.uk/

which, perhaps for other researchers, has a some parish magazines for churches in Manchester's suburbs on the shelf.

Search by keyword and type = Parish Magazine

[Eastman]

I have just found the following useful page on Wedding Fashion

http://www.vam.ac.uk/things-to-do/wedding-fashion/home

which does place my wedding photograph in the 1920's.


I have now applied  for a marriage certificate for a couple who got married in the 20's so this could be solved SOON.

[HOWMUCH]

Hello Eastman
How are you doing with regards to the identity of the vicar ?
I cannot help you with the photograph and I hope I do not confuse the issue anymore but I thought that I would mention that I have in my possession a church magazine for St. George's church , Abbey Hey , Gorton , Manchester . The rector in September 1954 was Reginald Griffith HAYDEN . I wondered whether it could open any more lines of research .
Eric