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'Wedding walk' in Orkney, c. 1923
Lots of people get together to celebrate a wedding in Orkney, in around 1923. This is the custom of the 'wedding walk'.
In Orkney, as in many places both in Scotland and in the wider world, it was the custom for a broad section of the community to get together to celebrate a wedding. This walk must have been almost the last one in the Orkney islands, as the last one was in the late 1920s.
The woman at the front of the parade is probably the bride, as she seems to have some sort of headdress with a veil down her back. 'White weddings' have only been traditional since the nineteenth century. Light coloured clothing has been connected more with being 'feminine' also since then.
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Walk in the Green Valley.
The Green Valley is an oasis of peace in the triangle between Brussels, Leuven and Mechelen.
Torfbroek.
Shers Pond Stores
Cesar Romero Robles
Queen Victoria Street.. near Blackfriar's Station and Bridge.. Spiers & Pond.. railway caterers.. Times Newspaper Offices