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Re: April Fools! Caxton Hall
« Reply #9 on: Friday 11 August 17 18:25 BST (UK) »
I don't know whether they married or not as it may have been a joke but it is a possibility. It still needs backing up doesn't it?  :)
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Re: April Fools! Caxton Hall
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 10 September 17 17:53 BST (UK) »
Whoever the bride and groom were on 1 April 1950 will be registered in the Jun qtr of 1950 in (City of) Westminster district, vol 5c.  Their page number will be a bit before 827 (this being the page number for the registration of the marriage of Stanley John Bates and Marjorie Mavis White which took place at Caxton Hall on 6 April 1950, according to their Times announcement).

How would a person get access to that record? Where is it kept? Is there a way to browse it on line and then order a copy of the entry? So far a don't recognize any of the names so all I have is the date and the hope that I would know the people if I saw the name.
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Re: April Fools! Caxton Hall
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 10 September 17 18:07 BST (UK) »
Free bmd  has 24 James married June quarter 1950, assuming Jim (James) was the bridegroom.

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Re: April Fools! Caxton Hall
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 10 September 17 18:11 BST (UK) »
April 1, 1950 was a Saturday. Could they have gotten married there on the 1st, or was it just that the photo was that day? Gov't offices closed Saturdays?

Register Offices are open on a Saturday -- for people working mon-fri, saturday was (and still is) the most common day to be married whether in church or register office
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