Historic Gretna Green
LG What vivid memories of hasty breath--|T less elopements the name of Gretna A <i> Green conjures up . . . what a wonderLji ful place it must have been, and how <G 7$ thrilling with its thousand carefully- |G LG hidden secrets! Its story is one that folk must know LG rj;- . . . but for all that is an ever-inter-Ip esting one. hi S After the abolition of marriages at LG 70 the old Fleet Prison in 1754, English ;jf LG persons wishing to marry clandestinely ip IK had perforce to leave England. Cross- 31 ing the border into Scotland, the first 7f, <t> village reached was Gretna Green, and LG by 1771 it had become “the resort of M i> all amorous couples whose union the LG prudence of parents and guardians 3S prohibit.” 75 LG At Gretna Green the marriage cere- LG r!- money could be performed by anyone; 7.IG usually it was the village blacksmith If or toll-keeper who officiated, and the -jV scene of the many romantic weddings v IG that took place there was the old toll- LG -G house.' " -|-
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 17
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185Historic Gretna Green Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 98, 16 July 1927, Page 17
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