For a 50th wedding anniversary

The people from the wedding photo are back together.

The bridesmaid, the best man, the children and the grandchildren record messages for the golden anniversary. Your parents hear every one of them from a single link and keep the printed book.

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Hear it
Their voice plays from the page.
Read it
Every message is written out on its page.
Hold it
We deliver the printed book to your door.

The world gets better when people hear the good things we say about them.

We are enabling over 1 million people to say it. Share the stories, love and gratitude. Your voice is what makes the world's greatest gift.

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Watch it

Here's how Peggy & Mick's golden anniversary book was made.

9:41
An older woman and two younger women at a table, looking through old photographs
How it works

Bring everyone's stories together with one link!

Start the book

Tell us who it's for

Put in their names and send the link to your brothers and sisters, then to anyone who was at the wedding.

Share one link

Everyone adds their story

Friends and family can capture a memory by voice, video, writing or photos, wherever they are in the world. It's easy on any phone and nobody needs an account!

We put it together

Hear it, read it, hold it

We write out every voice note and gather it all into a podcast you can play and a beautiful book you can hold.

The three questions for a golden anniversary

  1. What do you remember from their wedding, or the first time you met them?
  2. What's something the two of them taught you?
  3. What would you like to say to them on their golden anniversary?
Who's in a golden anniversary book

The stories go back to the morning of the wedding.

The book can be ready for the meal after the anniversary Mass.

1

The best man and the bridesmaid

If they don't use a smartphone, record them on yours with the same link. Their story of the wedding day goes in the book in their words.

2

The cousins from America

The cousins who flew over for the wedding in the seventies can record from America with the same link.

3

Played after the meal

Ask the hotel to put the podcast link through their speakers once the plates are cleared.

What people say

What people say in a golden anniversary book

If you were at the wedding, say what you remember from the day. If you weren't, tell one thing you've seen them do for each other.

"Mick, I drove you to the church in my father's Cortina and we got a puncture outside Athlone. You were nearly late for your own wedding."
MMattiethe best man
"Dad brought Mam a cup of tea in bed every morning for fifty years. He still does it, and he still uses the same blue mug."
PPhilomenatheir daughter
"Peggy, your mother cried the whole way through the Mass. I was beside her with the hankies."
ÚÚnaPeggy's bridesmaid
"Granny, I have the photo from your wedding on my fridge. My flatmates think Grandad looks like a film star."
EEilístheir granddaughter
When to start

Start about a month before the anniversary

The printed book takes about three weeks to reach you. If you're starting later, the podcast link and the book online are ready the day you order.

In their words
A Christmas gift
We gave a book of stories about Mam to her for Christmas and she said it was the best gift she had received. There were some stories she had never heard! She felt really surrounded by love.
K
Kathleen's family
gave her the book at Christmas
What it costs

Gathering the voices is free. You only pay when the book is ready.

The gathering
Free
Send one link and collect the voices.
  • Every voice and every photo
  • Download every recording
  • Start as many books as you like
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The voices
$45
Voice editing, and a personal podcast link.
  • Each recording tidied as it comes in
  • The original kept exactly as it was made
  • One link that plays every voice straight through
Choose the voices
The book
$99
Everything in the voices, plus the finished book to read online.
  • The finished book laid out to read online
  • Every message playable from its page
  • Every message written out beside its voice
Choose the book
The keepsake
$115
The book, printed and posted to you.
  • One printed hardcover copy
  • Posted to you
  • Everything in the book option
Choose the keepsake

Want to write your own questions? Start a blank book

Questions people ask

What do you get your parents for their 50th wedding anniversary?

Something with their whole fifty years in it, from the wedding party to the youngest grandchild.

What is a good golden wedding anniversary gift from the grandchildren?

Each grandchild records a message and adds a photo of themselves with Granny and Grandad from when they were small.

Can we add the old wedding photos?

Yes. Whoever has the photo from the church can add it when they record their message.

Can grandchildren abroad record?

Yes. They can record from anywhere in the world with the link. We post the printed book to Ireland, the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, every EU country, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

Can everyone chip in?

Yes, if you turn chip-in on. Everyone who records can put money towards the book and saves their card. Their cards are charged when you go to pay, and it comes off what you pay. If you don’t finish paying, their money goes back within a week.

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Whose golden anniversary is coming up?

Start the book now and invite people whenever you're ready.

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