6 JULY 1934, Page 38

A Hundred Years Ago

" THE SPECTATOR," JULY 6TH, 1834.

On Tuesday last, a very simple-looking couple, both steam-loom weavers from Oldham, named Jeremiah Greaves and Marian Marsden, presented themselves at the hymeneal altar in the parish- church, Middleton, for the purpose of being married. When the Minister had.got to that part of the marriage-ceremony which says " From this day -forward, the bridegroom said " From- this day fortnight." The Minister thereupon declined to marry the couple, and they had to return home again, each in a state of single blessedness. -1