The bride, her arms full of wedding gifts, receives a kiss from her groom after the ceremony. On the left is Gipsy Petulengro, who conducted the marriage. Five thousand people gathered on Harpendon Common to watch a gipsy wedding. The bride and bridgegroom, Sophie Smith and Jonny Smith, were married by Gipsy Petulengro, who made tiny cuts in their hands and mingled their blood by tying their hands together with a silken cord. May 17, 1951. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).