Tristan da Cunha celebrates recent marriages and wedding anniversaries.

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VE Day 75
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Lars and Trina Repetto, Benny and Sylvia Green's Anniversaries

Report and Photos by Iris Green

Lars and Trina Repetto, Benny and Sylvia Green celebrated their 58th wedding anniversaries on the 20th January 2020.

Lars, Trina, Benny and Sylvia were delighted to each receive a beautiful cake made by Henry and his wife Elizabeth Moses who currently reside in Cape Town. The cakes which were made as a gift made the long journey to Tristan on the MFV Edinburgh to mark the special occasions.

Henry Moses, whose late father Sam Moses is buried on Tristan is a long time friend of the islanders. He worked on the MV Tristania, one of the first fishing ships to export the famous lobster and is a regular visitor at the Tristan house in Cape Town.

The weddings took place in the UK in 1962 not long after the islanders evacuation of the 1961 volcanic eruption, while staying at Pendell Camp in Surrey. 

Lars and Trina Repetto Benny and Sylvia Green
Below: The beautiful decorated cakes made by Henry and Elizabeth Moses in Cape Town as a gift and shipped to Tristan.

At the time it was reported a special double wedding took place as Benny Green married Sylvia Repetto and Lars Repetto married Trina Glass on the last Saturday before their move to Calshot in three days time. Rev. Ron Brownrigg commented that perhaps one of the most memorable links with the Tristans has been the sequence of weddings in the last few days. Bletchingley Church was crammed with Tristans and locals’ side by side. The bridal parties maintained, unruffled by the TV and press cameras, their traditional poise and simple dignity, which the local community had come to recognise and respect.

The comment by the vicar refers to the fact that Peter Repetto married Pat Swain in the same Church on Tuesday 16th January, the three weddings fixed to occur before moving to Calshot on Tuesday 23rd January.
Photo above shows the happy couples on their special day on the 20th January 1962
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Joseph and Anne Green's Golden Anniversary

Report and Photos by Iris Green

Joseph and Anne Green celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on the 2nd October 2019 with family and friends.
Joseph was Head of the PWD Mechanical and Gas Department and Anne was Head Teacher at St Mary's School, both recently retired. On Tristan even at retirement there is much to do and Joseph and Anne are often out and about keeping busy.
Above: Anniversary cake made by Granddaughter
Sasha Swain to mark 50 years of marriage.

Wedding of Philip Rogers and Glenda Swain
For a wedding: Glenda Swain married Philip Rogers in St Joseph's on 27th September 2018.
18-Oct-2018
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Wedding of Steve Swain and Sasha Green
Sasha Green married Steve Swain in St Josephs Church on 2nd March 2018.
15-Mar-2018
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Wedding of Shane Green and Kelly Burns
Kelly Burns married Shane Green in St Mary's Church on 29th September 2017.
20-Oct-2017
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Wedding of Mike Wolfenden and Nena Radusin
Nena Radusin married Mike Wolfenden in St Mary's Church on 26th January 2017.
4-Feb-2017
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New Page: Tristan da Cunha Church News
News from St Mary's and St Joseph's churches, including their priests and special services.
14-May-2016
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New Page: Tristan da Cunha Community News
News about and from the Tristan da Cunha community both on the island and overseas.
14-May-2016
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