Lillian Sims wore this dress at her wedding to Dick Sims on the 3rd January 1942. They were engaged for a year when, during Christmas 1941, they made a snap decision to marry. Sargent Sims was on embarkation leave at the time and they only had three weeks to make The wedding preparations, before he had to return to the Royal Artillery Mrs Sims, with the help of a friend, designed the dress and they spent long hours sewing it in the blackout.
They bought the material form Romford Market. Mrs Sims used her book of clothing coupons plus extra ones from a relative. The dress was borrowed by at least three other brides for Their wedding’s. Later Mrs Sims daughter used it for dressing up. She called It her ‘princess dress’.
Due to war time restrictions on the use of sugar. Wedding cakes were not allowed to be iced. It was not unusual to have a dummy wedding cake, made of cardboard, concealing a small sponge cake.
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