Mexborough & Swinton Times, October 28th, 1932

Pretty Darfield Wedding

Waite & Palframan

A fashionable wedding took place at Darfield Parish Church on Monday, when Miss Mary Elizabeth Kathleen Waite was married by Canon A. E. Sorby to Mr. Albert Palframan. The bride was on the teaching staff of personal school and his only daughter of Mrs. S. E. Waite, Hillcrest, Little Houghton, with head teacher of the infant department of Great Houghton School. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs. Wilfred Palframan, high street, Wath, well known farmers.

The bride was given away by her brother, Mr. Eric Waite, and wore a beautiful satin gown in the new gold shade, with smart shoulder cape to match edged with fox fur. Her gloves, shoes and toque were in gold. She carried a bouquet of cream roses and wore pearls, the gift of the bridegroom. Miss Florence Irene Wilson (Wombwell) attended her. She wore a long gown of duck egg blue silk marocain with pull sleeves and matching shoulder cape edged with fox. Her long gloves, and shoes, were of duck egg blue, and she wore a n—-r toque with eye veil. Her bouquet was of chrysanthemums shaded from mauve to pink.

Mr. Noel Palframan and Mr. J. Wilson attended the bridegroom. The bride’s gifts to the bridegroom were onyx and crystal cuff links and studs. The bride’s mother wore a gown of muscatel elephant crepe, with coatee and beige lace and moleskin trimmings. Her velvet toque was in two shades to tone and she wore a shoulder spray of small pink dahlias. Mrs. Palframan, the bridegroom’s mother, wore a black satin gown and toque with a shoulder spray of crimson carnations and fox fur.

A reception was held at “Hillcrest,” and later Mr. and Mrs. Palframan junr. left for London. The bride travelled in an opposum trimmed grey coat, with shoes, gloves and velvet toque to match, and a dress of rust cloth trimmed with velvet and silver. Among the beautiful presents was a drawing room suite and household linen from the bride’s mother, cheque and antique chest from the bridegroom’s parents, and a gift from the staff of Thurnscoe School.