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#MothersOnMarriageCerts - finally going to be from this May - Woman’s Hour

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nameequality · 03/03/2021 09:20

Morning - I’ll be on Woman’s Hour this morning because nearly 8 years after my petition - and 2 years after the Act of Parliament- everything is in place behind the scenes for the names & occupations of Mother of the Bride and Mother of the Groom to be on marriage certificates. The General Register Office has said this will come in from 4.5.21!

See old thread from 2019 - this thread

Thanks to all the MNers who supported the petition and wrote to their MPs.

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nameequality · 03/03/2021 12:13

Thanks all - link is now up - I’m from 33mins no if you fancy a listen - www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000sr3w

@WendyTestaburger - I sadly don’t think backdated change is a part of this. I’ll have to see what any family historians might suggest as to how to record this missing information for future generations.

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BaronessWrongCrowd · 03/03/2021 12:01

Excellent news!

LizzieSiddal · 03/03/2021 11:52

Congratulations for all your work on this. You did it!! Flowers

TomatoesAreFruit · 03/03/2021 11:44

Congratulations. This is brilliant Flowers

ErrolTheDragon · 03/03/2021 11:40

Well done, OP!Thanks

NonnyMouse1337 · 03/03/2021 11:37

Fantastic result. Thanks for persevering for so many years!

WendyTestaburger · 03/03/2021 10:19

This is really great. Thank you

WendyTestaburger · 03/03/2021 10:16

Will it be possible to get old certificates done again?

ChakaDakotaRegina · 03/03/2021 10:15

Amazing! Mothers are so important! I can’t believe it’s not been changed before 2021.

Helmetbymidnight · 03/03/2021 09:59
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HermitsLife · 03/03/2021 09:52

Brilliant news. Wish had been a thing when I got married. Well done.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 03/03/2021 09:52

Fantastic! Thanks

NeedToKnow101 · 03/03/2021 09:52

Ah that's brilliant! Will listen in! ❤️

redcandlelight · 03/03/2021 09:51

whoop whoop

what a great result!

BobBobBobbing · 03/03/2021 09:48

Bloody brilliant. Really wish this had been in when we got married.

Imnobody4 · 03/03/2021 09:46

Brilliant, well done. 'Mothers' seem to be on a roll at the moment

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