Wedding of Phyllis & Joseph

Image of the Holy Trinity Church interior, c1970

16th February 1946 proved to be a very busy day at Holy Trinity as the Vicar, Reverend Frederick John Barff carried out five wedding ceremonies, the first of these being the marriage of Joseph William Bond to Phyllis Ruby Clout.

Joseph was a Devonian who, with the impending threat of war, had enlisted early in June 1939, serving as a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Air Force, seeing active service in Egypt and also in Italy where he was also involved helping the mass evacuation of local residents when Mount Vesuvius erupted in March 1944.
Phyllis, the daughter of Joel & Annie Clout of Winsford Street, St Philips, had met Joseph during the war in Plymouth.

Discharged from the Forces in June 1946 the couple initially lived in Bristol before moving to Portishead where they spent their married lives and raised a son and two daughters.