CHRISTMAS 1950
68 years ago my parents were married in a brief ceremony reflecting the austerity of the post war years. Their marriage was a long and happy one and today I remember them both with love and gratitude. CHRISTMAS 1950 How young they were, posed on their wedding day gloved and suited, shy beauty illuminating her austerity grey. Breakfasted on mushrooms, honeymooned for an afternoon, hand in hand wandering the Science Museum, cream tea in Lyons Corner. Sneaking back along the railway track, to reach their dolls house caravan home, mud splashed through fields, so as not to be seen. Hidden away for Christmas, stain glassed sun casting sparkling light on paper chains as pine needles spiked army blankets on fold down bed. © 2018 Jacqueline Knight Cotterill. All rights reserved.