South Yorkshire Times – Saturday 10 January 1942.

Mr G. Beckett (Rawmarsh) & Miss E.M. Marsh (Wombwell)

A twin sister was bridesmaid at the wedding at Wombwell Parish Church on Saturday of Miss Edna Marcella Marsh, twin daughter of Mrs. Eliza Marsh, 77 Blythe Street. Wombwell, to Ms. George Beckett, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Beckett 39. Netherfield Lane. Rawmarsh.

The bride was candidate for the position of beauty queen at Darfield and later acted as one of the attendants. Given away by her uncle. Mr. Edward Hickling, the bride wore a gown of white satin her veil falling from a coronet of orchids. She carried pale lavender chrysanthemums and white heather.

There were five attendants. Miss Audrey Marsh and Miss Iris Priest wore dresses of hyacinth blue taffeta with embroidered bodices and veils of the same shade. Their head-dresses were of blue rosettes and they carried muffs of  blue velvet. Miss Joan Mary Beckett, Mrs. Millicent  Hickling and Miss Brenda Beckett were in pink taffeta and crepe de Chine and carried velvet muffs to tone.

Best man was Mr. Stanley Day, and groomsman Mr. William Marsh.

Conveyances for this wedding were supplied by Messrs. T. Burrows and Sons, private car and taxi proprietors, Jubilee Garage, High Street, Wombwell. (Phone. Wombwell 83).