... 1,411 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I went to a wedding yesterday where the bride and groom arrived in a vintage truck,the vicar had a wicked sense of humour but got across the point of marriage ,the reception was at a cricket club in Shipley park near heanor,every table was given a picnic basket and told to help yourself,every drink was a pound,a band played ,a chip van arrived at 9pm to supply everyone with fish and chips,large marquee when rained a little nothing posh but to me it was perfect. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I've always thought weddings, posh or plain, to be fairly meaningless these days when a great number of them last only a few years. You're just as married in a registry office as you are with the most elaborate ceremony costing thousands; there's no guarantee the union will last. Ask the royal family! A wedding may generate a good party but why not have one anyway! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Well said Tomlinson, a good party doesn't need a wedding.....and as for marriage !!!!!!!!...some work. some don't and some put up with it , why bother ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Yes, a party doesn't need a wedding, but a wedding needs a GOOD party. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Me I have been married 43 years, still very much in love and I wouldn't have it any other way. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 They always say a good funeral is better than a bad wedding any day 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Picture This, Boxing Day 1966, 1 living Room, containing...2 Brides (Yes I did say 2 Brides, a Double Wedding) 8 Bridesmaids, 1Mam, 1Dad, 6 Aunties, 6 Uncles, 2 Brothers, various Neighbours and Friends. Flowers, Lace, Buttonholes every where. And 200 individual trifles in the Kitchen all needing Cream on top, no Whisk, so we all had to muck in and whip the cream with Forks! All the Curls we had piled up on our heads on Christmas Eve, slowly unpinning and hanging down like Medusa's Snakes. Six bridesmaids all with little Halo's of flowers round the top of their head and Two with the Halo's over their heads and down the front of their ears (I never did find out who did that). All down The Gedling Church for 11am. Freezing Cold, Hoping that the Boyo's made it in time from W-ton. Then all down to The Royal Oak to sample our Trifles. Not Posh in any way. But a great day. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darkazana 1,736 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 And you have the great memories. A wedding isn't just about parties...though we always have a good one, it's about commitment. My first marriage didn't work out and we split up 22 years and 3 children later. When I remet John (Friends Reunited) I was happy for us to live together, our children were all old enough for it not to matter and we were not planning on having children of our own (6 girls between us is quite enough thank you). remarriage wasn't so important to me, but it was very important to John, so I agreed. John's first marriage had been in a register office, (mine had been in a church,) so John wanted something a bit special, though being a catholic he was not sure a priest would be too keen, so we went for a civil wedding at Newstead Abbey, which was not as expensive as we expected and did the reception at Mum and Dads as it was more central for our guests and we could get a small marquee (from argos!) in their garden. I did all the catering and made the cake, 4 of our daughters were bridesmaids, one did my nails as she had completed a nail technician course and the other who had just had a baby made our wedding invitations. My brothers wife and one of Johns sisters did a reading each. It was a real family day with just very close friends and family, it didn't cost the earth and it actually meant more to me than my first marriage. It was a very special day and I feel brought all our family, especially the daughters so much closer together. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Married in 1958 both of us 17 years old and still together happy as owt' we had a small wedding cake I think it was from the co-op a few friends and some cobs, we was in bed on the first morning as you do, 8 45am mother on law tapping on stairs and shouting 'some people e'll stop in bed all day' we moved to a terraced house at bottom of Dunston st Netherfield. and now live in Lincs.. happy as larry. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MelissaJKelly 2,124 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Attended my best friend from nurserys wedding today. Was a glamorous Asian wedding but nothing too OTT. Amazing day with the best company but also very emotional as well. I think the company and your relation to the person getting married is the thing that makes a wedding! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,519 Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 # 9, Karlton I lived at the bottom of Dunstan Street in Netherfield until March 1958, I wonder if you moved into our house? We were on Norman Villas 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,225 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 1ST Wedding............60s............Posh (ish)...........Lots of guests.............duration............1 year 2ND " .............70s............not posh..............Less guests................ " .............10 years 3RD " .............80s.....very unposh...............4 guests ................ " .............30 years and counting Theres a moral there somewhere...............Gawd knows how long the next one will last .... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Sometimes, one just needs to find greener grass ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Benjamin, We wish you both happiness for the future. PS........If you have any celebrations coming up. I can recommend a very nice reasonably priced Slightly Sparkling White Wine. Asti Sputamen or was it Spumante as in #8 Commodore Thread Best wishes miduck. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,225 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Thanks carnie' but i like 'Nolly Prat, or is it Noilly' ? and no smartarse answers to the 'Prat' bit, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I think the T is silent in French. It's pronounced Prar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,225 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I DO KNOW,BF, What do you think i am,..........phillipino ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Non Monsieur Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,225 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Muchisimas gracias Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Whose got a big greasy ar5e you cheeky bu66er ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 Lizzie M we lived about six or seven houses back from Norman Villas on the left, issom's roofing firm was near you on the right hand side. we worked hard and paid it off £750 I remember the name judd living in norman villas also harry howse or howels? I worked a couple of years for Issom's roofing. Memories eh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,519 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 I was only 8 when we moved from there but I did used to play with Shirley Issom, she was about my age. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted August 4, 2014 Report Share Posted August 4, 2014 My catholic French wife wanted a real white church wedding with all the works, but there was one problem, I was divorced, but her local catholic priest found a way around it, my first wedding was in a registry office and not in a church, he got the OK from his bishop to marry us in my wife's local church. The next problem was at the time I could not understand or speak French, in France you get married twice first in the local town hall and then in church, so I have been married twice and sighed a wedding contract not understood what I was letting my self into, but it must have been OK because we have been together 25 happy years 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karlton 582 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Lizziem I do remember Shirley she married and went to Australia. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
piggy and babs 544 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 we got married on 3oth becember 1972 no posh frock or brides maids for megot married in a purple dress that i had made for me for christmas and was told it was unlucky to get married in purple at basford regitras office .back to white heart for reception for families and a few friends in the afternoon then whent to live with piggys mum and dad for the first 15 months not posh wedding by any means but nearly 42 years on we still together and we are still very happy and proberly have a better relationship and as much in love as we were when we got married . 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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