Mexborough & Swinton Times – Saturday 23 September 1939
Wombwell Curate Married
Rev. C. G. Shipley and Miss P. V. Portway
The wedding took place at All Saints’, Ecclesall, Sheffield, on Tuesday, of the Rev. Cecil G. Shipley, curate of Wombwell Parish Church, and son of the Rev. C. E. Shipley of Stoke-Bishop, Bristol, and Mrs. Shipley, to Miss Pauline V. Portway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Portway. of Whirlow Grove, Ecclesall, Sheffield.
The ceremony was conducted by the Rector of Wombwell, Canon J. St. Leger Blakeney, assisted by his son, the Rev. Edward St. Leger Blakeney. Given away by her father, the bride wore cream satin charmeuse, with an old Limerick lace veil, lent by Mrs. Walter Madeley, of Edgbaston. Birmingham. Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley, and she had a coronet of orange blossom. A cross of orange blossom was suspended from a silver chain round her neck.
The bridesmaids were Miss St. Leger Blakeney and Misses Kathleen and Barbara Carr. They wore cream moire dresses with strawberry m sire coatees and dainty caps of white m,;i:e. They carried Victorian posies of hydrangea and delphinium petals.
The best man was the Rev. Horace Carr, of High Wycombe, Bucks, brother-in-law of the bridegroom. The bride’s mother wore a black and white ensemble, while the bridegroom’s mother had chosen a black dress with Persian lamb collar and trimmings.
The service was choral, and Mr. F. W. Turner was at the organ. The hymns sung were “0 Perfect Love,” and “Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us.”
A reception was held at “Kenwood,” Sharrow, Sheffield. Leaving for the honeymoon, the bride wore a gown of olive green, with short coat, trimmed with dyed squirrel, and a brown hat and matching accessories.
Among the numerous wedding gifts was a dinner service from the sidesmen at Wombwell Parish Church, and a tea service from the officers and boys of the Wombwell Company of the Church Lads’ Brigade.
Mr. Shipley is a son of a former Baptist minister and was ordained three years ago. He has been at Wombwell about twelve months. He was for some years an officer in the Territorials, and at Wombwell has taken a special interest in the Church Lads’ Brigade. He also established the church operatic society. Miss Portway is a school teacher and has been appointed a lieutenant in the recently formed Wombwell Church Company of Girl Guides. A number of the couple’s Wombwell friends attended the ceremony.