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11th Bride To Wear A 120 Year Old Wedding Dress

Abigail Kingston (30) from Pennsylvania will be the 11th woman in her family to wear a 120-year-old wedding dress, tailored only slightly from its original design. Her great great grandmother Mary Lowry Warren first wore the dress in 1895 and form then, it's been passed on from generation to generation of bridges in the family. - independent.ie Mary Lowery, 1885 Jane Woodruff. 1946 Virginia Woodruff, 1948 Sara Seiler, 1960 Laird MacConnell, 1976 Leslie Kingston, 1977 Janet Kearns, 1982 Jane Ogden, 1986 Virginia Kearns, 1989 Ann Ogden, 1991 Abigail Kingston, 2015 Image Sources : Abigail Kingston via Thesun.co.uk

End of 'Gum Wall' Draweth Nigh

After 20 years of people sticking their gum to the walls of an alley by Seattle 's Pike Place Market, officials say it is time for a clean-up. image source: christinacooke.com Known as “the gum wall”, the Market announced this week that it will take down the estimated one million pieces of gum from Post Alley. The sticky landmark has become a popular attraction to visitors and locals . Emily Crawford, Acting Marketing & Communications Director at Pike Place Market said: "People were waiting in line to see improv theatre, and I think it started off as improvisation and it caught on over the years and now it's one of Seattle's most visited visitor attractions." Source: Telegraph.co.uk