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Article: A HISTORY OF ELOPEMENTS WEDDED TO GRETNA GREEN.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 24, 1999
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Byline: MITCH STACY Associated Press
GRETNA GREEN, Scotland -- A young man in a kilt shushes the assembled tourists as the bride and groom join hands over an anvil in a re-created blacksmith shop that looks like a set from an old Western.
Just down the road, at another re-created blacksmith, one set of newlyweds politely steps aside to allow another wedding couple to make their way to the anvil.
On the leafy grounds of the adjacent hotel, a photographer poses another pair in full wedding regalia. And over at the registry office, couples are lined up to tie the knot.
In Gretna Green, weddings aren't just a tradition, they're an ...