Machine engineer Paul Stuart Higson was married at the Church of the Nazarene to jewellery-shop assistant Karen Lindsey Thomas.

Paul is the youngest son of Roy and Pamela Higson, of Craven Drive, Silsden, and Karen is the elder daughter of Ernest and Sandra Thomas, of Harewood Crescent, Oakworth.

The bride wore an ivory matt satin dress with a sweetheart neckline and short sleeves, and a long train. She carried yellow, peach and pink flowers in a teardrop bouquet.

Chief bridesmaid was Helen Thomas (bride's sister) and the other bridesmaid was Deborah Higson (bridegroom's sister).

They wore empire line cinnamon dresses in a satin finish and carried small posies of yellow, peach and pink flowers.

Page boys were Phillip, Gareth and Paul Smith (bride's nephews).

Best man was Adrian Higson (bridegroom's brother) and groomsmen were Robert Colton and Andrew Foster.

Photo: Bernard Slater

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.