On October 27, 1989, the family of Samuel Rubery Mottershead and Annie Mansfield joined with them to celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary, at the home of their daughter, Vivien Knox at Valley Heights, NSW, Australia.
Their marriage took place on October 27, 1939, in Stockport, Cheshire, England.
The following photos tell the story of the day ~
Sam, Annie, their daughters and two youngest grandchildren, Ben & Hayley Keevers.
Sam, Annie and their four daughters. I wonder what was so funny?
Daughters Annette Joiner and Christine Bell.
Sam & Annies Grandaughter Jenine Bryce holding her son Mathew Bryce and Jenine's mother Annette Joiner, holding Sam & Annies youngest grandaughter, Hayley Keevers.
Sam's brother Bill Mottershead, his wife Fay, Annie and Sam.
All of Sam & Annies grandchildren in 1989 ~ Troy Bell, Jenine Bryce, Andrew Knox, Jeffrey Bryce, Mark Bell, Scott Bell, Steven Bell, Mathew Knox, Hayley Keevers & Ben Keevers.
Sam & Annie cutting the cake. Annie said she was so happy!
Brothers Sam & Bill Mottershead.
David Bell tickling his neice, Hayley Keevers, while big brother Ben looks on.
The whole family ~ Maria Bryce, Christine Bell, Joanne Keevers, Allan Keevers, Adrian Knox, David Bell, Troy Bell, Brett Joiner, Jeffrey Bryce, Andrew Knox, Annie holding grandaughter Hayley Keevers, Sam holding grandson Ben Keevers, Annette Joiner, Vivien Knox, Jenni Knox, Mathew Knox, Scott Bell, Steven Bell, Jenine Bryce holding Mathew Bryce and Mark Bell.
Grandaughter Jenine Bryce holding her son, Mathew Bryce and her neice, Hayley Keevers. The two babies were often refered to as the twins, as they were born one day apart, yet Hayley is the generation above Mathew.
Sam and Annie...So many presents to open!
Sam & Annies four daughters ~ Annette Joiner, Christine Bell, Vivien Knox and Joanne Keevers.
Annie with her eldest grandchild, Jeffrey Bryce.
Cousins Troy Bell and Hayley Keevers at play.
Annie..."Anyone for cake?"
Chatting with the girls outside in the Bar-b-que area.
Sam and Annie were married just after the outbreak of World War II, and a Sam was joining the army, they didn’t spend very much time preparing for their wedding day and there were no photos taken. They were married at the registry office in Stockport, with Sam’s parents as their witnesses.
After their wedding, they bought fish and chips, which they ate at home. (Fish and chips remained a favourite meal throughout their married lives!)
This photo is Annie, wearing the dress she was married in. Annie said an artist added colour and definition to the original photo taken, and the gold coloured bow on her dress was a brooch.
Hmmm… I clicked “like” and two dragonflies popped out… How lucky your parents are to have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, and how happy they must have been having all their descendants surrounding them for the day! A wonderful memory you have preserved here, Joanne… Do you have any pictures of their wedding? It would be interesting to have one included with the pictures on this page.
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Thank you Barbara. Maybe both you and the dragonfly liked the post! Lol.
As I added the photos I thought myself how lovely it would be to have a photo of their wedding day, but none were taken. They were married at the registry office in Stockport, England, with just my Dad’s parents as witnesses, I think. They were very young and Dad was going off to war, so they didn’t have time to put much thought into planning the day.
I have a photo of Mum wearing the dress she wore for her wedding, so I’ll scan and add that one. 🙂
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Thank you for your input Barbara. I really appreciate comments like yours, they get me thinking about what else I can add. I’ve added the photo now. 🙂
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It’s a lovely picture! (I’m so far behind on my blog reading, sorry I didn’t come back here sooner…) I have a picture of my grandfather that looks like it was colored in a similar way. He was holding a tennis racket. 🙂
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As you can see Barbara, I’m way behind in my blog replies too! Twenty-four hours in a day just isn’t enough… I really like the way they coloured photos back then. I have a couple of my grandfather coloured in a similar way, so will have to add those when I write his page. 🙂
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