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From: "Kathy Lintott Turenne" <>
Subject: Re: [WARBRIDES] Wedding Dresses
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:58:51 -0500
References: <20061007214512.72183.qmail@web86103.mail.ird.yahoo.com>


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From: "PATRICIA TANNER" <>
To: "War Brides" <>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 4:45 PM
Subject: [WARBRIDES] Wedding Dresses


I would like to ask all of the British warbrides whether any of them hired a
wedding dress from Barbara Cartland, who hired them out for the day for £1.

"During the Second World War Barbara Cartland was Chief Lady Welfare
Officer in Bedfordshire looking after 20,000 service men and women. She had
the idea of gathering as many wedding dresses as she could for hire, so that
service brides would have a white dress to wear on their wedding day. She
bought 1,000 second hand gowns without coupons for the ATS, the WAAFS and
the WRENS and made many brides' big day, very special.

In 1945 Barbara Cartland received the Certificate of Merit from Eastern
Command."

Tricia


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