They were married at Tim's church where his dad is the vicar, the Reverend Canon Simon Cox. The church being All Hallows, Bispham. A lovely little church on the outskirts of Blackpool. Tim's dad married them, and Tim's friend Gordon Warren gave the address. The reception afterwards was at the Savoy Hotel in Blackpool. It was a lovely venue, the staff were friendly and the food was great. The only problem with weddings is if you have young children in tow. You miss most of the service with trying to keep them quiet and you miss catching up with family with chasing a 19 month little boy round the hotel keeping him out of trouble. The children thoroughly enjoyed the day though. They loved dressing up in suits and then getting to know their older cousins who they don't see very often.
The highlights of the day for me were I think my nephew Nathan turning up with his Gothic black hair and tight black pants, the epitomy of non-conformism, in the nicest sense of the word. He doesn't care what anybody thinks. He says what he thinks without a thought for the consequences. He's great! And the second highlight has got to have been meeting Karina from Finland for the first time. You always build up a preconception of what somebody is like before meeting them, particularly when all you have seen of them is photos and she ws nowhere near like what I expected her to be. She was absolutely marvelous. Bubbily doesn't express enough in words what she is like. She was given the job of making sure photos were taken of every guest, using words like "paprika" and "macaroni" instead of the conventional "cheese"to make people smile for the photos. I believe she took more than 500 by the end of the day. She was just one big bundle of fun, and that was without drink. I don't think I've ever met anybody like her in my life.
Continuing on from the reception was the "night-do" which was a Ceilidh dance. Adam went home just after the reception with the children as they'd had enough and were ready for bed. I stopped so I could take my mum and dad home. The band was very good but their sound system was naff.
Here are some photos of the day:
Tim and Nat, Michael and Veronica
Tim & Nat with Tim's Parents, Simon & Diane
Adam and I, Daniel Joshua & Isaac
My sister Catherine with Heather
Back row from left: Nathan, Katrina, Michael,
Veronica, Terry, Natalie, Catherine, Aunty Jacky
Front row: Me and Karina!
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