At last, our wedding took place, and we had a lovely reception
at
Mum and Dad's, thankfully the weather had improved after so much rain
the week before, the sun came out and the roses bloomed.
But my
Grandparents did not come, nor did Uncle Stanley and Shula. Thank
goodness Grandma and Grandpa did accept us, once Michelle arrived, but for
many more years Stanley and Shula's side of the family remained rather
unfriendly.
Our honeymoon was in Rhodes,
and it was a lovely hotel, we were given the bridal suite but on our
first night our bed collapsed! We called reception and in no time the one leg was
fixed properly, it was a prank set up by the hotel. It happened
the moment we both got in, but funny how such things stay in one's
memory!
Honeymoon
in Rhodes
Despite all that was said about mixed marriages (meaning
different religious beliefs) unlike so many of my Jewish friends,
which
ended up divorced, even having married Jewish girls, we have had a
wonderful marriage and not long ago celebrated our Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Also,
we have not restricted ourselves to having only Jewish friends and have
found many close friends with other beliefs. My view is that it is
the type of person that matters, so much more, than how religious they
might be!
Paul Morby
Paul Morby, a BBC TV
producer, had contacted me after I had won the London Salon Trophy and we
first met during my exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre. He was an
enthusiastic photographer and so impressed with my photography.
Having a common interest, we soon became good friends, so much so, that he
did all our wedding photography.
Paul is a great character always very amusing and charming. I was so
delighted when he agreed to do our wedding photography.
I later learnt that he had been most
concerned, being aware of my own expertise, but I was also told that he
was also proud to have been invited to do it.
He need not have
worried, as he did an excellent job and provided us with a wonderful record and
some beautiful studies.
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