Mallosa has kindly uploaded a couple of photographs onto the 'Lost and Found Relatives' forum in the gallery for me.
A wedding - My Parents (early 1950's) at Clayton Church in Sussex shows my parents, outside the church in Sussex where they were wed, with my grandparents, behind them is my father's best-man, I have no idea who he was or where he came from, does anyone recognise him?
A wedding taking place in the late 1940s/early 1950s shows my father (with the beard) as best man at another wedding, I have no idea of any of the other participants, does anyone else recognise any of them?
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Re: A bevy of best men.
I would have thought the bestman may have been a witness?
What does that say on the marriage certificate and can you rule that person out?
Jo
What does that say on the marriage certificate and can you rule that person out?
Jo

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Re: A bevy of best men.
I admire your optimism that I have a copy of the wedding lines, but I understand that my grand-parents were the witnesses so it wouldn't help even if I did. 

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Re: A bevy of best men.
Oh what a shame!
People sometimes do forget to take note of witnesses but they can come in so useful.
Good luck and I hope you find him!
Jo
People sometimes do forget to take note of witnesses but they can come in so useful.
Good luck and I hope you find him!
Jo

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Re: A bevy of best men.
SRD wrote:Mallosa has kindly uploaded a couple of photographs onto the 'Lost and Found Relatives' forum in the gallery for me.
A wedding - My Parents (early 1950's) at Clayton Church in Sussex shows my parents, outside the church in Sussex where they were wed, with my grandparents, behind them is my father's best-man, I have no idea who he was or where he came from, does anyone recognise him?
A wedding taking place in the late 1940s/early 1950s shows my father (with the beard) as best man at another wedding, I have no idea of any of the other participants, does anyone else recognise any of them?
gallery/album.php?album_id=85
you tried the local newspaper for anoucments ?
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Re: A bevy of best men.
Is this still a Brickwall, or have you solved it?
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