It’s the middle of August and as ever it appears to be silly season so we thought why not join in with some great Wife and Husband banter! We came across this great YouTube video of Olivia Colman reading a letter from … Read more
The start of May is the start of the Wedding Season in the UK. Indeed the latest stats from the ONS released on 19th May 2022 covering 2019 show this continues to be true. These statistics cover England and Wales as Scotland … Read more
I noticed today (23rd January) on Twitter someone put forward the fact that it is Mary & Joseph’s Wedding Anniversary, given the level of fake news around I figured I’d at least check this before blindly retweeting. Oh boy, wish I hadn’t. … Read more
The following is our references from newspaper research into mentions of Wedding Anniversaries where instead of simply stating the years they reference it using the traditional symbol e.g. Silver wedding for 25th Anniversary. The Morning chronicle Monday, September 12, 1825; Issue 17572 (UK) “Berlin, Sept. … Read more
To mark Travelodge’s 30th anniversary, they’re giving away a free night’s stay in any one of their hotels in Britain to any couple celebrating their Pearl wedding (30th anniversary) in 2015, if anyone is intending to give this as a gift to … Read more
Researchers have discovered the components of a perfect gift and they are all to do with actions rather than physical goods! Gifts that involve the recipient in an action or event are talked about more than when a gift is just a … Read more
Anniversaries have been celebrated effectively since the year after the wedding ceremony was invented and references can be found in records stretching back centuries. Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens cites a celebration for an 8th wedding Anniversary in Chapter 14 (June 1838) … Read more
We’ve been continuing our investigations into what each Wedding Anniversary is called and why, we’ve noticed that Wikipedia have an entry stating that the 80th Anniversary is the Oak Anniversary. Now we’ve got to say this just seems to be wrong! You’ve … Read more
The holding of celebrations on the anniversaries of different epochs of Married Life has become a very pleasant feature of modern times from our research it appears these were popularised in the Victorian era. These celebrations appear to be larger and more … Read more
The holding of celebrations on the anniversaries of different epochs of Married Life has become a very pleasant feature of modern times from our research it appears these were popularised initially in the Victorian era. These celebrations, then, appear to be larger … Read more
