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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;say_it_slowly, post: 9438661, member: 50&quot;]I did find a couple old wedding photos with crooks so answered my own question I guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bendigo, Victoria, 1905, Wedding party and guests. The bridesmaids (?) all carry shepherd&#039;s crooks with flowers attached.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]438124[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.alamy.com/negative-bendigo-victoria-1905-wedding-party-and-guests-the-bridesmaids-all-carry-shepherds-crooks-with-flowers-attached-image328796281.html?imageid=9C5CD2A3-0A70-444A-AF84-C381BA4A6CB1&amp;p=546931&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=e5cae26940d28a6d7f907d473ac4d4eb&amp;searchtype=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/negative-bendigo-victoria-1905-wedding-party-and-guests-the-bridesmaids-all-carry-shepherds-crooks-with-flowers-attached-image328796281.html?imageid=9C5CD2A3-0A70-444A-AF84-C381BA4A6CB1&amp;p=546931&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=e5cae26940d28a6d7f907d473ac4d4eb&amp;searchtype=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.alamy.com/negative-bendigo-victoria-1905-wedding-party-and-guests-the-bridesmaids-all-carry-shepherds-crooks-with-flowers-attached-image328796281.html?imageid=9C5CD2A3-0A70-444A-AF84-C381BA4A6CB1&amp;p=546931&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=e5cae26940d28a6d7f907d473ac4d4eb&amp;searchtype=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Portrait photo of wedding group at Swindon, Wiltshire, England in the 1920s or 1930s. The bridesmaids are wearing imitation Dutch hats, and the boy page is possibly wearing a Pierrot costume. The garlanded crooks refer to the romantic shepherd-and-shepherdess tradition which dates from the 18th century. From a postcard deposited at Swindon Record Office</p><p>[ATTACH=full]438123[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.alamy.com/portrait-photo-of-wedding-group-at-swindon-wiltshire-england-in-the-1920s-or-1930s-the-bridesmaids-are-wearing-imitation-dutch-hats-and-the-boy-page-is-possibly-wearing-a-pierrot-costume-the-garlanded-crooks-refer-to-the-romantic-shepherd-and-shepherdess-tradition-which-dates-from-the-18th-century-from-a-postcard-deposited-at-swindon-record-office-and-scanned-and-uploaded-by-them-to-flickr-the-photographer-was-fred-c-palmer-of-tower-studio-herne-bay-kent-ca1905-1920-and-of-6-cromwell-street-swindon-ca1920-1936-he-is-believed-to-have-died-1936-1939-points-of-interest-the-feet-image189285231.html?imageid=E81392B5-0C12-4F19-AA3C-94D24FA577F3&amp;p=650648&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=9eecaef3c2a852dc448326d6550fb616&amp;searchtype=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.alamy.com/portrait-photo-of-wedding-group-at-swindon-wiltshire-england-in-the-1920s-or-1930s-the-bridesmaids-are-wearing-imitation-dutch-hats-and-the-boy-page-is-possibly-wearing-a-pierrot-costume-the-garlanded-crooks-refer-to-the-romantic-shepherd-and-shepherdess-tradition-which-dates-from-the-18th-century-from-a-postcard-deposited-at-swindon-record-office-and-scanned-and-uploaded-by-them-to-flickr-the-photographer-was-fred-c-palmer-of-tower-studio-herne-bay-kent-ca1905-1920-and-of-6-cromwell-street-swindon-ca1920-1936-he-is-believed-to-have-died-1936-1939-points-of-interest-the-feet-image189285231.html?imageid=E81392B5-0C12-4F19-AA3C-94D24FA577F3&amp;p=650648&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=9eecaef3c2a852dc448326d6550fb616&amp;searchtype=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.alamy.com/portrait-photo-of-wedding-group-at-swindon-wiltshire-england-in-the-1920s-or-1930s-the-bridesmaids-are-wearing-imitation-dutch-hats-and-the-boy-page-is-possibly-wearing-a-pierrot-costume-the-garlanded-crooks-refer-to-the-romantic-shepherd-and-shepherdess-tradition-which-dates-from-the-18th-century-from-a-postcard-deposited-at-swindon-record-office-and-scanned-and-uploaded-by-them-to-flickr-the-photographer-was-fred-c-palmer-of-tower-studio-herne-bay-kent-ca1905-1920-and-of-6-cromwell-street-swindon-ca1920-1936-he-is-believed-to-have-died-1936-1939-points-of-interest-the-feet-image189285231.html?imageid=E81392B5-0C12-4F19-AA3C-94D24FA577F3&amp;p=650648&amp;pn=1&amp;searchId=9eecaef3c2a852dc448326d6550fb616&amp;searchtype=0</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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