Tag: Ailsa Kelly

Frank Kelly and Ailsa Wood were married on the 26th February 1949 at St Joseph’s on North Road in Birkenhead.  This page celebrates their marriage.

This is the announcement in the local paper which was kept by Frank and Ailsa.

They were married in St. Joseph’s in Birkenhead.  The church was opened in 1900.

They were married by the Very Reverend Canon Henry Edward Hazelhurst who was born in 1879 and would have been around 70 at the time of the wedding.  He had been at St Joseph’s since 1925 and would remain there until his death in 1952.

The reception was held at the Kingsland Restaurant.  I have not been able to find much from the era about the Kingsland but it is likely in the same place as this later Kingsland Cabaret Restaurant which is just around the corner from St Joseph’s.

This is the invitation to the wedding.  The RSVP is the Wood family home in Birkenhead.

The happy couple.

This is the handwritten list of gifts received on the day.

And a compliments slip from the South End Docks Welfare Society.