Looking at the pictures of Paul McCartney's wedding at a Registry Office reminded me of the Rev. Francis Kilvert saying that such marriages were like Gipsy weddings where the bride and groom jumped over a broomstick and that meant they were married. I have come across this expression before, either Dickens or Thackeray.
I have just finished listening to an amusing book by Rev. Fred Secombe, brother of Harry Secombe, about his early years as a young curate. Now I am on to letters written by a prolific letter writer, Nancy Mitford of the famous Mitford sisters' fame. All of her family were so interesting, especially her sister Diana who married the Fascist Sir Oswald Moseley. Before the war my brother went to a Peace Rally in Hyde Park. Moseley and his Blackshirts were there and things got rather lively. Frank came home with a black eye. So much for peace!!
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Karen and I went to Chatsworth House earlier this year and learnt about the Mitfords at Chatsworth. All very intersting. What a fabulous house! Must rank amongst our favourites which include Stourhead and Waddesdon.
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