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FORMER RESIDENT'S MARRIAGE. —On Saturday an interesting wedding was solemnised in Christ's Church Cathedral, Hamilton, Canada, the contracting parties being Miss Helene Wigmore, younger daughter of Mrs. Wigmore of Hamilton, and the Rev. F. H. Wase, rector of St. James' Church, Guelph. The bridegroom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wase, of Broseley, and has resided in Canada for nearly; twenty years, being ordained to the ministry in 1923. The ceremony was performed by the Right Rev. D. T. Owen, Bishop of Niagara, assisted by the Very Rev. L. W. Broughall, Dean of Niagara, the service being fully choral. The bridesmaid was Miss Kay Wigmore, sister of the bride, and the Rev. Wilfred Heiderson, of Christ's Church Cathedral, acted as best man. A reception was afterwards held in the Parish Room ad joining the Cathedral, and the happy; couple later left for Ottawa, where; the honeymoon is being spent. To mark the occasion a quarter peal of Grandsire doubles (1,260 changes, being 10½ six-scores, each called differently) was rung on the bells of the Parish Church, Broseley, in 45 minutes by the following: Wm. Hartshorne, treble; T. Meredith, 2; A. J. Garbett, 3; L. Hewitt, 4; A. H. Meredith, 5; and C. Smith, tenor; conducted by Mr. A. J. Garbett.

(Extracts from Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News 1932 relating to Broseley and District, Broseley Local History Society 2007)