The Curious Case of March Anniversaries

Many of you - or your parents or grandparents - may have got married in the 1950s, 60s or 70s. Interestingly, March weddings were especially common back then, and there’s a surprisingly practical reason: tax!

Under the old UK tax system, getting married before the end of the financial year (5th April) could mean a married man qualified for the married man’s tax allowance for that year - even if the wedding was only weeks before year-end. So plenty of couples chose to tie the knot in March.

This incentive disappeared in the late 1960s, and after that, weddings quickly shifted toward late summer - for much more obvious reasons.

But if you know someone from that era celebrating a March anniversary, we’ve got a great selection of unique, traditional and meaningful gifts.

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