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Article: Lily's Xmas past; It was Xmas Eve 71 years ago when the Clutterbucks wed. There were no flowers or photographer - and they couldn't keep the car hired from the local undertaker waiting. MAUREEN MESSENT shares the memories of bride Lily, now aged 90.(News)
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- Birmingham Evening Mail (England)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2002
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Byline: MAUREEN MESSENT
FOND memories of Christmas past have been filling the thoughts of a 90-yearold Aston woman.
Mrs Lily Clutterbuck has been reflecting on Christmas Eve 71 years ago when, as young Lily Page, she shivered with cold at the back of 22 Aston Road, as she slipped into the wedding dress she'd bought for 19s 11d in Lozells.
Eighteen-year-old Lily was off to Aston Parish Church to marry William (Bill) Clutterbuck, who made packing cases with his brother down ...