This week, we have unearthed some great archive photos of Chronicle stories from the early 80s. Six couples were featured in the Wedding Bells feature in the early January 1982 edition of the paper. Mark Douglas married Julie Fellows at St Nicholas’ Church, Remenham, while Nigel Clark and Elizabeth Walker got married at St Nicholas’ Church in Sulham on Christmas Eve. The wedding of Charles Skinner and Joyce Kingston took place at the Reading Register Office, while Glenn Hooper married Debbie Randall at Whitley Hall Methodist Church, Reading. Another Reading Register Office wedding was between Michael Clacy and Gillian Hinton, while Glen Howes and Marina Kersey got married at Christ Church, Reading.
by Kate Kyriacou
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Subscriber only Families who have lost loved ones to domestic violence have spoken of the heartbreak that comes with being surrounded by Mother s Day celebrations - and what they do to remember those who they ve lost. Vicki Blackburn, whose 23-year-old daughter Shandee was murdered in 2013, said Mother s Day for her came with underlying grief that threatens to overwhelm . In an emotive Facebook post, Ms Blackburn used Mother s Day to highlight the scourge of domestic violence, telling
The Courier-Mail she wrote it because it was such a hard day for those who have lost and also for those who are in fear .