The Original Dog Wedding
I had a letter from a Mrs Alan Gilzean, I suspect no relation to the Tottenham and England footballer, who said that her uncle, back in 1949 staged the original dog wedding, (which we recently staged for Harrods) which caused outrage in his Parish Church, St Peter’s in London.
It was 2nd November 1949 when the reverend married the poodles Diana and Andrew. Mrs Gilzean’s uncle was a wonderful publicist as he staged a photo call in a local hairdressers where Diana the poodle was washed and groomed by two hairdressers. Mrs Gilzean can’t remember if the event and photo call actually boosted the congregation, but she was adamant that her uncle be praised for his initiative back in the late 1940’s.