Who would be on a wedding photo generally from 1936?

[Chilternbirder]

I have wedding photos from that era with varying sizes of group from bride and groom only to the whole extended family. If it was professionally photographed then the groupings would be pretty much as now with one of the bride and groom, one with parents, best man and bridesmaids (maybe with siblings too or that as an additional picture) and then various extended family and friend groups.

[Ruskie]

Brother of bride or groom generally not then?

u

I would say that siblings would attend the wedding, assuming they did not have a prior engagement or were able to travel to the event if they lived further afield.

I don't think who attended a wedding in the 30s would be vastly different from who would have attended in other decades, though I agree with Gillg that it is different today. In the 30s it may depend on who is organizing and who is paying for the wedding, how wealthy the family were/ social standing, if they had a large or small family,whereabouts in the world they lived,  social and political influences (such as wars) etc etc.

Would you like to elaborate, and maybe post your photo here if you would like any help or opinions. 

[Maiden Stone]

Children? 

Yes if it was a second marriage. Probably an unostentatious event.

[IgorStrav]

In previous times, I think family would take precedence at weddings, over friends of the bride and groom

So, for each family taking each generation:
grandparents, granduncles, grandaunts (and their husbands/wives),
parents, aunts, uncles (and their husbands/wives)
siblings, cousins (and their husbands/wives)
nephews, nieces

After that, honorary uncles and aunts, and friends of the family.

In my experience, it was an occasion for the entire family to get together, driven by the parents of the bride and groom

It's often said that you only catch up with your (slightly) remoter relatives at funerals and weddings.

Of course, if you invite someone to a wedding, you'll be more likely to get a present from them - and when people were generally poorer, that was a significant factor.

Only more recently is it for the bride/groom themselves to make more of the decisions.  Previously, it was the parents of the bride who'd say - "we MUST have Auntie Betty and Uncle Fred"

[Maiden Stone]

I agree with Peter #9 and Ruskie #10 and everyone else.
My 1930's photos are weddings of a large working-class family. There are some studio photos for each wedding. These are of the main wedding party - bride & groom, parents, bridesmaids & best man ; some include grandparents, siblings and groomsmen (who may have been brothers/brothers-in-law/cousins/nephews/ friends).

People were missing from some of my photographs because they died before their time - fathers or elder brothers in WW1, parents and siblings from illness and accidents.

[Gillg]

Are you able to post the photograph in question?  If not, how many persons are on it?  If, as suggested, this could have been a second marriage, it would more likely be a smaller affair without the usual bridal outfits, especially if it followed a divorce or one or other of the couple had been widowed. 

[Mart 'n' Al]

Last month on holiday we wanted to visit a particular church. On arrival we discovered that a wedding was taking place. We spent 45 minutes in the churchyard waiting for the wedding to finish, sneaked in while the photographs were being taken, hoping that we wouldn't feature in any of them. We got inside and the vicar said that we should have come in anyway as a wedding is a public event.

The wedding of my parents was obviously a quiet affair judged by the few people in the photographs outside the church, but I have spent many years wondering who one of them is.

Martin

[Maiden Stone]

Last month on holiday we wanted to visit a particular church. On arrival we discovered that a wedding was taking place. We spent 45 minutes in the churchyard waiting for the wedding to finish, sneaked in while the photographs were being taken, hoping that we wouldn't feature in any of them. We got inside and the vicar said that we should have come in anyway as a wedding is a public event.

There were always extra people, mostly female parishioners, at our family weddings. They sat in the back or side pews.

[Jebber]

A wedding has to be open to the public, otherwise there would be no point in the part of the ceremony where objections can be made. The couple are hardly likely to invite possible objectors as guest.