Jennifer Leverton and Alex Bevan

Names:
Jennifer Leverton and Alex Bevan

Year:
1974

Location:
Highgate Registry Office, London

Fashion details:
Early 1970s. For her, cream full length skirt and matching sashed jacket with puffed shoulders; for him, brown velvet suit (with flared trousers), matching tie and a cream shirt.

The wedding story:
We had worked together as colleagues in the Mineralogy Department of the Natural History Museum for about ten months before suddenly becoming mutually smitten. We were married three months later. The small reception for immediate family, great workmates and close friends was at ‘The Flask’ in Highgate, London. The following day we flew to Rome for our honeymoon.

Photographer:
Former colleague, John Francis