Although the world was in turmoil during the ‘40s, people did still get married! However, 1940s weddings were not as formal as they were before or after the decade.
Rationing, restrictions and the uncertainty of the Second World War were just some of the challenges faced by couples marrying in wartime. 1940s wedding dresses and groom attire varied from business dress to very formal attire.
Take a look at these fabulous photos to see what brides’ wedding dresses looked like during wartime.
Tony Ward was Madonna’s boyfriend in the beginning of the 1990s and he appeared in some of her music videos as well as the controversial SEX book in 1992. Tony is also a painter and photographer.
According to People on April 15, 1991, “Madonna and male model Tony Ward, 27, her last boyfriend of record and one of the objects of her desire in the “Justify” video, are no longer an item. It may be a coincidence, but he seems to have dropped from her arm at about the same time tabloids revealed that he had married an old flame, Greek-Australian photographer Amalia Papadimos, 23, in a quickie ceremony in Las Vegas on Aug. 21, 1990—after he had begun dating Madonna.”
These intimate photos captured moments of Madonna and Tony Ward together during their dating days in the early 1990s.
The Swinging Sixties were a time of great change and contrasts, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London as its centre. Teenagers and the working class started to have a voice.
The Swinging Sixties saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion, and was symbolised by the city’s “pop and fashion exports”.
During the 1960s, London underwent a “metamorphosis from a gloomy, grimy post-war capital into a bright, shining epicentre of style”.
Despite shaping the popular consciousness of Britain in the 1960s, however, Swinging London was a West End-centred phenomenon that only happened among young, middle class people, and was considered “simply a diversion” by some of them.
Here below is an album of cool vintage photos from Gareth Wonfor that shows lovely moments of his parents Patricia Wood (mum), Roy Wonfor (dad) during the 1960s. They were married in 1969.
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| 1970s. (Tom Wargacki) |
Fortunately, a friend informed him that she was, in fact, not Brazillian but Indian, and she was then actually living on the Fulham Road in London. Caine managed to find her number, but Baksh rejected his calls 10 times before agreeing to meet him. “The last one she decided to go out with me…” the actor told news.com.au. “We went out and fell in love instantly, and have never parted since.” The couple got married in Las Vegas in 1973, and have one daughter, Natasha.
Take a look back at the couple in the 1970s and 1980s through 15 intimate vintage photographs below:
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| 1972. (Hulton) |
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| 1972. (Bertrand Rindoff Petroff) |
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| 1973. (Daily Mirror) |
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| 1973. (Lichfield) |
Cicely Tyson first dated jazz trumpeter Miles Davis in the 1960s when he was in the process of divorcing dancer Frances Davis. Davis used a photo of Tyson for his 1967 album, Sorcerer. He told the press in 1967 that he intended to marry Tyson in March 1968 after his divorce was finalized, but he married singer Betty Davis that September.
Tyson and Davis rekindled their relationship in 1978. They were married on November 26, 1981 in a ceremony conducted by Atlanta mayor Andrew Young at the home of actor Bill Cosby. Their marriage was tumultuous due to Davis’ volatile temper and infidelity.
Davis credited Tyson with saving his life and helping him overcome his cocaine addiction. They resided in Malibu, California and New York City, until she filed for divorce in 1988. Their divorce was finalized in 1989, two years before Davis died in 1991.
These beautiful photos captured moments of Cicely Tyson and Miles Davis together during their marriage.
A small collection of beautiful vintage photos from Devil Doll documented the marriage ceremony of her parents in California on June 23, 1957. These photos were taken by Don W. Jones Photography.
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| The bride, Oakland, CA, June 23, 1957 |
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| Mom and her bridesmaids (her sister, my aunt Jane, is helping with her shoe), Oakland, CA, June 23, 1957 |
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| The ceremony, St. Peter's Church, Oakland, CA, June 23, 1957 |
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| Man and wife, St. Peter's Church, Oakland, CA, June 23, 1957 |
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| Posing by the altar at St. Peter's Church, Oakland, CA, June 23, 1957 |
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| 1945. (Mondadori) |
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| 1945. (John Kobal) |
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| 1945. (Hulton) |
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| 1945. (John Kobal) |
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| 1945. (John Kobal) |
In the world before online and speed dating, the pages of the local paper were the best chance of meeting up with a significant other. However, almost 100 years ago it seems lonely hearts were no less fussy when looking for a match.
A lonely heart advertisement placed into the pages of the Dundee Courier in 19249 saw England’s oldest woman an scouring the country in search of a very particular gentleman. Thought to be the oldest woman in the country at the time, Mrs Betsy Pennick, a widow of 106, was looking for a husband with a good financial position.
However, this was not thee only requirement to win the Essex lady’s heart as she stated in no uncertain terms that she wanted a middle-aged gentleman and “no modern man.”
Her advertisement on Saturday November 1, 1924 read: “She does not want a man of the modern class, but one of the type she used to meet in the ‘good old Victorian days’.”
She was also a supporter of the Conservative Party and spoke of her joy at thee outcome of the general election the previous month, in October 1924, which saw the party, led by Stanley Baldwin, obtaining a large majority.
The general election came about after the previous Labour minority led by Ramsay MacDonald suffered defeat in the House of Commons following a vote of no confidence.
Mrs Pennick’s Courier advert stated she was “very happy” at the outcome and hope doped to see the government last its five years.
However, it seems her ho hope and hunt for a man were unsuccessful as she passed away just a few months later. The death of England’s oldest woman was reported in the Evening Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday, March 24, 1925.
The article noted she ha had been “ailing for some time” before her death and had been a widow for 40 years yea after marrying her husband 86 years before.
It also said she could recall the coronation of Queen Victoria and other historic events.
Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford (1941-2011) and Valerie Simpson (b. 1946).
Ashford and Valerie met at Harlem’s White Rock Baptist Church in 1964. After having recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined an aspiring solo artist and former member of the Ikettes, Joshie Jo Armstead, at the Scepter/Wand label, where their compositions were recorded by Ronnie Milsap (“Never Had It So Good”), Maxine Brown (“One Step at a Time”), as well as the Shirelles and Chuck Jackson.
Another of the trio’s songs, “Let’s Go Get Stoned,” gave Ray Charles a number one U.S. R&B hit in 1966. That same year, Ashford & Simpson joined Motown, where their best-known songs included “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “You’re All I Need to Get By,” “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing,” and “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand).” Ashford and Simpson wrote many other hit songs, including Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” (1978) and Teddy Pendergrass’s “Is It Still Good to You?”
As performers, Ashford & Simpson’s best-known duets are “Solid” (1984) and “Found a Cure” (1979). The duo were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. They are also recipients of The Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Award, ASCAP Founders Award, and the Grammy Trustee Award. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 19 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.
These vintage photos captured beautiful moments of this duo in the 1970s and 1980s.
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| Enamorada – In Love |
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| Novia – Girlfriend (Engaged) |
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| Casada – Married |
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| Divorciada – Divorced |
