100 years ago

At All Saints Church, Pavement, York, a marriage had been solemnised between Mr Harold Williams, of Sleaford, and Miss Florence Annie Bullivant of Feasegate, York.

Both the bride and bridegroom were well known in the city. There was a large congregation in the church, the altar of which had been effectively decorated with flowers by Messrs CE Simpson.

The ceremony was performed by the Rev Canon Watson. The bride wore a gown of rich ivory crepe de chine, the skirt, which was cut with a small pointed train, being prettily draped up the front under a pouched tunic. The bodice was arranged over a chemisette of fine Malines lace with a Medici collar of the same.

The bride also wore a veil of Brussels net and a coronet of orange blossoms and carried a sheaf of carnations. The bridesmaids wore gowns of grey crepe trimmed with rose pink satin, the skirts slashed and draped at the side; the bodices were draped with cross over net and folds of satin, and they had deep belts of rose satin finished with a knot of satin. They also wore becoming hats of velvet, trimmed with self-coloured glycerined ostrich feathers, finished with pink ornaments.

 

50 years ago

The Hillman Super Minx had just been promoted higher up the luxury scale with an attractive new roofline, all-synchromesh gearbox, diaphragm clutch, reclining seats and improved fascia. The 62bhp engine was unchanged but improvements to the suspension enhanced handling and steering. There were no grease points and oil changes had been extended to 6000 mile intervals.

Other interior improvements included new seats of moulded polyether foam on rubber diaphragms trimmed in high grade leather cloth. The new Super Minx was available in ten single colours, or nine-schemes with a contrasting colour flash running the length of the car at a price of £768 17s 1d.

 

25 years ago

York’s tourist industry was in a state of turmoil after Rowntree scrapped plans for a major chocolate museum in the city. The ambitious project at the former Leetham’s Mill had been expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors a year.

The announcement followed Yorkshire Museum of Farming’s decision to close with debts of £30,000. And it meant five major visitor attractions planned for York had been abandoned in the last year, intensifying fears of a tourist slump. Rowntree said the cost of the Chocolate Experience Museum, originally put at £500,000, had grown considerably.

Mr Peter Blackburn, chairman of Rowntree Mackintosh, said: “It is now clear that the project will make far greater demands on resources than was foreseen two years ago and we regret that it is no longer practicable to continue.”