Sussex Express
Friday August 7 1925
WEDDING AT HAILSHAM
At the Hailsham Weslyan Church on Bank Holiday morning, the wedding was solemnised by the Rev. Cecil F. Walpole, of Miss Amy Gladys Whiting, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Whiting of 4, High Street, Hailsham, and Mr. Stanley William Dawes, only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Dawes, of "Woodfields," Polegate.
There were two bridesmaids, Miss Eileen Dawes and Miss Dorothy Dawes (sisters of the bridegroom). Mr. Leo' Buckner, of Polegate, was the best man.
A reception was held at the home of the bride's parents and later the newly-married couple left for Brighton for the honeymoon.
Eastbourne Chronicle,
Friday, March 4, 1949
Page 8
GOLDEN WEDDING OF MR. AND MRS. GEORGE DAWES
CHEERY COUPLE'S "AT HOME"
Celebrating their golden wedding next Tuesday are Mr. and MRs. George Dawes, of 3, Chamberlain-road, whose anniversary iced cake is ready for the informal "at home" they plan to hold.
Married at Rye Methodist Church on March 8th, 1899, Mr. Dawes was the eldest of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dawes' family of 13, who lived at Heathfield, and his bride, then Miss Harriette Lillie Kimpton, was the sixth of the eleven children of Mr. W. Kimpton, a basket-maker, of Rye. They were lucky with the weather which was fine and sunny if a little windy, and yet a month later there was a considerable fall of snow.
Always staunch Methodists the couple joined the Greenfield-road Church when they came to Eastbourne in May, 1928, and for some years Mr. Dawes was a steward there. At the end of the war he retired from his grocery business in Old Town, and now his chief hobby is his garden, "though, of course, I give a hand in the house," he told the "Chronicle."
Refuse to be Depressed
Although Mrs. Dawes has suffered from arthritis for some years both she and her husband have always a cheery smile for everyone. Blue-eyed and rosy-cheeked they look far less than their ages--Mr. Dawes is 72 and his wife 74--and they attribute their happiness to a refusal to be depressed and to hard work. Confined to her wheel chair in the house, Mrs. Dawes has plenty of time for her favourite hobby of dressmaking and is at present engaged on a dressing gown for her grand-daughter Pauline. When she goes out it is in the electrically driven chair in which she says she feels most independent.
The Celebration
To the celebration on Tuesday will come the couple's eldest daughter, Miss Eileen F. Dawes, well-known in Eastbourne for her work as assistant secretary at the Leaf Hospital and as the girls' warden at the Central Youth Club at "The Glen" during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Dawes' son, Mr. Stanley William Dawes, and his wife will come over from Brighton with Mrs Dorothy Dimmock (daughter) and her husband. Grandson Keith Dawes is with the Army in Egypt, and his sister is a member of the W.R.A.C., so neither will be able to be present. Mrs. Dimmock's daughters, Pauline and Wilma, will probably come to see their grand-parents some time during the week to add their congratulations to those of the family and many friends.
