Irish Wedding News
15/11/2011
Couples travelled from as far afield as New Zealand, Canada and Germany to Gretna and nearby Gretna Green.
The BBC has reported that 51 weddings and two civil partnerships had been scheduled for the Dumfries and Galloway villages last Friday with the Senior Registrar Jane Chandler saying that memorable dates always proved popular for marriages in the area.
However, the highest number of weddings to be held on one day in the town is 78, when couples rushed to get married on 7 July 2007, snapping up the 7/7/7 date.
The famous Gretna Green became a destination for young lovers after the Marriage Act was passed in 1754 in England, which outlawed marriages without parental consent if either party was under 21 and a tradition developed of couples travelling over the border to Scotland, which had more lenient laws.
(BMcC)
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Gretna Green Gets 11/11/11 Boost
It has now emerged that more than 50 couples selected the memorable date of 11/11/11 to get hitched at a well-known wedding destination in southern Scotland.Couples travelled from as far afield as New Zealand, Canada and Germany to Gretna and nearby Gretna Green.
The BBC has reported that 51 weddings and two civil partnerships had been scheduled for the Dumfries and Galloway villages last Friday with the Senior Registrar Jane Chandler saying that memorable dates always proved popular for marriages in the area.
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However, the highest number of weddings to be held on one day in the town is 78, when couples rushed to get married on 7 July 2007, snapping up the 7/7/7 date.
The famous Gretna Green became a destination for young lovers after the Marriage Act was passed in 1754 in England, which outlawed marriages without parental consent if either party was under 21 and a tradition developed of couples travelling over the border to Scotland, which had more lenient laws.
(BMcC)
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