Agatha Miller was already engaged to another man when she accepted a proposal of marriage from dashing army officer Archie Christie in 1912. It happened at the end of an evening when the couple had attended a Wagnerian concert performed by the Torquay Municipal Orchestra at the Pavilion. After their marriage on Christmas Eve 1914, the couple spent their wedding night at the Grand Hotel, Torquay.

Written by Mike Holgate

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