Grandmother had stayed the night at her eldest sister's apartment so as to be closer to the church where the ceremony was to take place. The day of the wedding, it was raining and the apartment was dark. She was getting into her dress when she finally asked her sister why the place was so dark. Her sister, who is usually calm, collected and organized, replied in a frantic tone that the electricity had gone out.
Grandma claims that she didn't look at herself in the mirror even once before heading to the church. After all, it was too dark to see herself properly!
On her way to the church (which was a very slow drive with the driving wind and incessant rain) she realized that she had forgotten to put on the necklace that her fiancee had given her for the wedding. Her friend, and driver, turned around and went back for the necklace. Between the necklace retrieval and the weather, she was quite late.
Meanwhile, my grandfather was driving through very deep puddles and heavy rain when a police officer on a motorcycle pulled up beside him. "WHERE are you going in THIS WEATHER???" the officer demanded. "I'm getting married," replied my grandfather. "Follow me!" commanded the policeman, and he proceeded to escort my grandfather to the church!
Much to grandfather's relief, his bride finally arrived at the church. He told her that she looked beautiful and that he had feared he would never see her again because the weather was so horrendous. Many of the guests didn't make it to the wedding because of the inclement weather. What kind of rain storm keeps people from attending a wedding you ask? HURRICANE HAZEL!!! (October 15th, 1954) http://www.hurricanehazel.ca/
They say rain on your wedding day is good luck....how about a hurricane??
My grandparents were happily married for 15 years until my grandfather passed away.
One of my aunts noted that my grandmother's wedding dress was much like Kate Middleton's. The top of it was lace with a v-neck.
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