A wedding.....

Sorry you will have to wait a little longer for the next part of our Canada trip as I have to tell you about my niece's wedding, which took place on 23rd November.   We had to meet at a designated meeting place in Manchester to board the coaches which were to take us to the church. Here we are waiting for the coaches.  Youngest son and his family went to the church under their own steam as they live not far from there.

 Me and Harry

 Daughter-in-Law, Harry and Sam

 Eldest grandson Sam

 Mother-in-Law and eldest son, Nick.

MWM, his mother and Nick

 The wedding was at St. Hubert's Church, Dunsop Bridge, Near Clitheroe in Lancashire.

 The Roman Catholic church of St. Hubert's was built to the design of Edward Pugin, from, it is believed, the winnings of the racehorse Kettledrum owned by Colonel Charles Towneley of Towneley Hall, Burnley in the 1861Epsom Derby.   The Toweneley stud was at Root Farm. The Towneleys' agent and patron of St Hubert's, Richard Eastwood, is entombed outside the front entrance to the church.

In 1992, British Telecom installed its 100,000th payphone at Dunsop Bridge and included a plaque to explain its significance - the plaque reads "You are calling from the BT payphone that marks the centre of Great Britain." The telephone box was unveiled by Sir Ranulph Feinnes.

 Pronounced Man and Wife

Just Married

The service was beautiful and the church was crammed full, as there were a lot of guests and it's tiny.

 Rachel & Dean outside the church

After photographs at the church we boarded the coach again to be taken to the venue for the reception, Browsholme Hall in Clitheroe, where we were greeted with a glass of champagne in the Tithe Barn before walking up to the hall for more photographs. The Hall is an Elizabethan House claimed to be the oldest surviving family home in Lancashire. Since 1954, it has been designated a Grade I listed building. You can read more about it here.

 Rachel and Dean

 Bridesmaids and Bride's Mother (my granddaughter Gracie the little one in the centre)

Emma (on the left), Rachel's sister, chief bridesmaid

 Father (my eldest brother) and Mother of the Bride

 Youngest son and his family

 My family

 After the photocall it was time to walk back down to the Tithe Barn for canapes and another drink before the reception.   The venue was beautifully decorated.

We took our seats and listened to the entertaining and moving speeches.

Father of the Bride making his speech

 Rachel and Dean relaxing



We had a superb meal after which Rachel and Dean cut the cake.

After the meal we retired to an ante room whilst the staff cleared the remnants of the reception and prepared it for the evening.    There was a singer entertaining us and we took some candid shots of the family enjoying themselves.

Eldest grandson Sam

 Eldest Son and MWM

Nick and Dan, our two sons

Me and MWM

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 Gracie, Sam and Alison (my DIL)

 Me & Nick

 Me with my baby brothers, Tony & Stewart

We were soon able to  go back into the reception room where Rachel and Dean had the first dance

before everyone else joined in and we were able to take some more photographs of the rest of the family.

 My youngest brother, Stewart, middle child Lauren and his wife, Karen

 My youngest brother's children, Bradley, Lauren and Kirsty

Cousins Lauren, Emma and Kirsty

Liam (the bride's brother) and his friend

Nate, our youngest grandson, and his Mum, Fiona

Harry and Kai (grandsons) enjoying a coke

Rachel and Dean have been together since they were 15 years old, nine years to be exact, they met at school. The wedding had been two years in the planning, I hope you enjoyed seeing my family enjoying a   very special day.