Grandmother Betty Webb was delighted when her granddaughter decided to become the third generation of her family to marry in the same village church near Trowbridge.

The 88-year-old said the marriage between Emma Dunn and Matthew Lewis at St Mary Church in Wingfield on Saturday, brought back so many memories of her own wartime wedding.

Mrs Webb, of Love Lane, Wingfield, was married at the church on August 4, 1941.

She said: “I was so thrilled when I found out that Emma was going to get married in the same church that my daughter and I were married in.

“I felt so proud and would have loved it if my late husband Reginald could have seen it.”

One of her greatest thrills was being able to ring the church bells for her granddaughter’s wedding.

Mrs Webb was also delighted when she found out that not only had her granddaughter chosen a simplistic theme to the wedding, but she decided to wear a 1950s long lace and beaded dress, similar to the one she had worn, along with a matching embroidered headdress.

She said: “The dress looked absolutely beautiful and it was wonderful to see her wearing one like mine.

“It was also a great thrill to be able to ring the bells for Emma, as I have been ringing the church bells for weddings in the village for many years.”

Mrs Webb’s own daughter Mary had married David Dunn on the day England won the World Cup, July 30, 1966.

On Saturday the 35-year-old bride, who is now on honeymoon in Italy, kept a vintage theme throughout the wedding and the family’s artistic skills shone.

Her dress was remodelled by her uncle, Iain Webb, who is a professor of fashion at the London University of the Arts.

And she hired a blue Rolls Royce and had her bouquet made by her mother.

Mrs Dunn, 65, of Bath, said: “It was an absolutely beautiful day on Saturday and we were so happy when we found out about Emma’s plans last year when she got engaged.

“Although she lives in Walthamstow Village, near London, she decided she wanted to carry on the family tradition as she regularly attended the church with her grandmother when she was younger.

“I married at the church but it was more of a practical decision for me as I had grown up going to the church. I also kept the simple theme making my own dress and flowers and I arrived in a Jaguar.”

The ceremony on Saturday was conducted by the Rev Ron Lowrie and was followed by a champagne cruise from the Bathwick Boating Station and a reception at The Boatman in Bathwick.