Albert Edward Nutton was born 15 April, 1910, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA to Bradford born Walter Nutton and Janet Binns.
By 1913 they had returned to Yorkshire.
In 1921 Albert was living with his mother and brother, Frank, at 17 Helen Street, Saltaire. His mother worked as a weaver at Saltaire Mills. She remained at 17 Helen Street until after 1960.
Albert served in WW2 with the R.A.F.
PRETTY WEDDING AT SHIPLEY
Nutton—Quanbury
An interesting feature of the wedding which took place at St. Peter’s Church, Shipley, on Saturday (3 April), was that the pupils of the Beavonian School of Stage Dancing formed a most original and unusual guard of honour for the bride and bridegroom, making an archway of tap dancing shoes.
The bridegroom was Corporal Albert Edward Nutton, R.A.F., V.R., elder son of Mrs. Nutton and the late Mr. W. Nutton, of Helen Street, Saltaire, and the bride was Miss Edna Mellisa Quanbury, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Quanbury, of Victoria Road, Saltaire.
The bride teaches at the Sunday School and is a pupil at the Beavonian School of Stage Dancing and has taken part in four of Miss Beaver’s pantomimes. In the next production of Robinson Crusoe she will, at Miss Beaver’s invitation, play the part of “Captain Will Atkins.”
The Vicar (the Rev. T. B. Cornish) officiated.
The service was fully choral. Mr. F. Greenwood was at the organ. The hymns sung were The Voice That Breathed O'er Eden and O Perfect Love. The organist also brilliantly played Wagner’s Bridal March from Lohengrin and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.
The bride, who was given away by her father, was attired in a graceful gown of ivory satin cut on classic lines. The sleeves were long and finished at the wrist with tiny buttons. The skirt was cut with a flowing train. She wore a tulle embroidered veil, held with a coronet of tiny orange blossom and pearls, and a double necklace of pearls completed the ensemble. She carried a bouquet of pink carnations and white heather.
She was attended by four bridesmaids: Miss Marjorie Nutton (cousin of the bridegroom), Miss Janette Underwood, of Peterborough (cousin of the bride), Miss Barbara Kellett (cousin of the bridegroom) and Miss Eileen Marriott (a friend of the bride).
The Misses Underwood and Nutton were dressed in period frocks of crepe vogue in a shade of dusky pink, and the Misses Kellett and Marriott wore frocks of crepe vogue in ice blue, each with tight-fitting bodices buttoning from neck to waist, and puffed sleeves. The skirts were very full, finished each side front with ruched frills forming motifs from hem to hip line. They wore coronets to match and carried bouquets of tulips.
Miss Pat Ackroyd acted as trainbearer, wearing a dress of ivory satin, designed on lines to match that of the bride. She also had a coronet to match and carried a basket of pink carnations.
Master David Huggins, who acted as page, carried the ivory satin cushions with initials and true lovers’ knot embroideries in gold. He wore the traditional Kate Greenaway suit, with deep blue velvet trousers and an ivory crepe blouse with pleated frill.
Mr. Eric Bell was the best man, and Mr. Alan Kellett (cousin of the bridegroom) and Mr. Trevor Meek were groomsmen. Mr. George Barker and Mr. Keith Underwood (cousins of the bride) carried out the duties of ushers.
A reception was held at the Victoria Hall, Saltaire, and later in the evening some of the charming young ladies of the Beavonian School of Stage Dancing took part in a delightful cabaret arranged by Miss Beaver, dancing in perfect time and rhythm to the accompaniment of Miss Beaver’s most efficient pianist, Mr. Harold Elliott.
The honeymoon is being spent in the Lake District, and the bride travelled in grey with Burgundy accessories.
They were the recipients of several useful and ornamental presents, and amongst those to the bride were a lemonade set, two-tier cakestand and set of mats from her colleagues at the Metal Box Co., Apperley Bridge, where she is employed.
Albert died in 1988; Edna died in 2000.
