{"id":2460,"date":"2010-01-30T16:07:14","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=2460"},"modified":"2010-01-30T16:07:14","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T06:07:14","slug":"gretna-green-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/scotland\/gretna-green-travel","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#039;s Day &#8211; Declare your Love at Gretna Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/strong> is around the corner and in a little village in on the Scottish\/English border, things may be getting a little busier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gretna Green<\/strong> was famous for its marriage trade in the 18th century and as a place where &#8216;runaway&#8217; marriages were carried out. In the blacksmiths&#8217; shops, Gretna Green&#8217;s blacksmiths became known as <strong>&#8216;anvil priests&#8217;<\/strong> as they performed wedding ceremonies over the anvil for couples as young as 14.\u00a0  No parental consent was required in Scotland at that time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2465\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wedding-couple.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2465\" title=\"wedding-couple\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wedding-couple.gif?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Saying &quot;I Do&quot;\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saying &quot;I Do&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>These days the <strong>&#8220;World Famous Old Blacksmith&#8217;s Shop&#8221;<\/strong> at Gretna Green is still popular as a wedding venue and couples from the world over come to Gretna Green to be married over the blacksmith&#8217;s anvil.<\/p>\n<p>This Valentine&#8217;s Day, if you&#8217;re travelling near this part of Scotland, you can arrange to declare your love for one another over the anvil or renew your marriage vows.\u00a0 The resident &#8216;Blacksmith&#8217; guide will perform a traditional Scottish oath in an <strong><em>Anvil Ceremony<\/em><\/strong> within the World Famous Old Blacksmiths Shop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Scotland\/sightseeing\/weddings-gretna-green\" target=\"_self\">Read more about Gretna Green\u2019s <strong>World Famous Old Blacksmiths Shop<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day is around the corner and in a little village in on the Scottish\/English border, things may be getting a little busier. 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