Charity Pub Crawl in Wedding Outfits
Raising money for charities is always a good cause and people are always trying to find unusual ways to achieve their targets. A group from Bolton, after deciding that they wanted to raise some money for a Crohn’s Disease charity decided to walk the streets of Bolton on a pub crawl while dressed in wedding outfits!
The sixteen friends and family members were wearing bridesmaid’s dresses and even wedding gowns. This year they were able to raise over three hundred pounds during their pub crawl.
Fifty five year old Carol Torkington from Astley Bridge has been the event organiser for the past three years and this year they chose the Crohn’s and Colitis UK charity as two of her family members, who also took part in the pub crawl, are sufferers of this inflammatory disease.
The group, some of whom were men, must have looked a right sight walking into the pubs of Bolton wearing the wedding dresses but the money they raised went to a good cause!
Bride Pushed at Wedding
A newly married Bride, while attending her wedding reception, was viscously pushed over by a stranger when she got in his way!
The assault happened on Station Road outside the Crouch Oak in Addlestone where the reception was taking place. Witnesses have claimed that a man was acting out of control by the entrance to the pub and when the Bride tried to calm the man down, he pushed her in her chest and apparently threw a punch at her.
One of the witnesses, fifty year old Steve Godman stated that he saw the incident from across the street and that the area was notorious for its anti social activities. Jenny Evans, the new landlady of the Crouch Oak commented that she is trying to turn the pub around despite its past history.
The Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses or for the man to come forward.
Newlyweds Attacked With Eggs and Rocks
A couple from the Republic of Ireland were the victims of an assault when onlookers at their wedding began throwing missiles at them consisting of eggs and rocks!
It was reported that approximately forty members of the Police force of Ireland, known as the Gardaí, were called in to try and prevent any major injuries and calm the situation which had escalated outside St Mary’s Church in Limerick.
The attackers had assembled together in front of the church in order to hurl abuse at the newlyweds, Willie Moran Snr and Margaret Hogan. The couple and their wedding party, in order to prevent any harm coming to them were also escorted to their wedding reception being held at the Two Mile Inn by a Police escort.
Many years ago, the Groom was arrested for murder but the charges against him were dropped and it is also understood that he once belonged to a gang which may have caused the tensions within Limerick to escalate.
Luckily no one was seriously injured but a man was arrested and is due to appear in court.
Hilary Duff Marries Ice Hockey Star
Everyone loves to read about a good celebrity wedding, not just hearing about it but also scrolling through the lovely pictures to see how happy they are and whether they have done anything quirky with their wedding theme!
Last week, twenty two year old actress and singer, Hilary Duff married twenty nine year old Canadian born Mike Comrie, an ice hockey star who currently plays for the Edmonton Oilers.
The couple were married at sunset in front of around hundred guests in Santa Barbara in California. Hilary, famous for her role as Lizzie McGuire, was walked down the aisle by her mother Susan wearing a beautiful Vera Wang dress.
The couple, who prior to their wedding signed a pre-nuptial agreement, met in 2007 in Idaho and Mike surprised Hilary with a marriage proposal earlier this year while they were on holiday in Hawaii. It is understood that Hilary’s wedding ring cost a staggering one million dollars!
Billionaire Yacht Reception
A fisherman from Britain has certainly hooked his catch of the day when he recently married the daughter of a billionaire from Canada and the couple celebrated their wedding reception aboard a gigantic yacht, The Northern Star!
The Northern Star is worth around a hundred million pounds and is over two hundred feet long. If you were to hire the yacht for a special occasion it would cost over five hundred thousand pounds for just one week’s hire.
Thirty five year old Guy Barnett used to be a fisherman in Dartmouth until eight years ago when he left his home town to work for a large fishing fleet company where he met and fell in love with the boss’s daughter. Guy’s new wife, thirty five year old Sarah is the daughter of John Risley and she belongs to one of the richest families in the world.
The couple were married at the seaside mansion of her parents located in the southern coast of Nova Scotia. After flying to the UK they continued to celebrate their nuptials with around eighty friends and family members present aboard the luxury vessel.
Husband’s Second Marriage Found on Facebook
A woman from Westlake in Ohio found out about her husband’s infidelity after seeing pictures of him and his ‘wife’ on Facebook!
Forty one year old Lynn France and her husband John were married in Italy in 2005 and went on to have two boys together. After a few years of marriage, John became distant and would disappear for weeks at a time and Lynn had suspicions about her husband having an affair and decided to do some digging online.
What Lynn found on the networking site shocked her completely. There in front of her were more than two hundred pictures of her husband taken in 2008 in Disneyland in Florida being married to another woman.
Lynn has filed a bigamy complaint with the Westlake Police which is being investigated and is also currently in the middle of a custody battle regarding her children. John has claimed that their marriage is not in fact a legal marriage as he states that no official paperwork was ever completed by the authorities in Italy. He goes on to claim that Lynn has always been aware of his other marriage and that she is just making publicity for herself.
Fifteen Guests Fall Ill at Wedding Reception
Any Bride and Groom would be upset at the thought of someone falling ill at their wedding reception, particularly if it was due to food poisoning but imagine if more than one person were to become poorly!
During a wedding reception being held at the JCB Lakeside Social Club located in Rocester in Uttoxeter, fifteen people became ill with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea.
People began falling ill during the reception and just before midnight the paramedics were called to help. Six ambulances from the West Midlands Ambulance Service arrived and a handful of the guests were taken to hospital for investigation. They were discharged later on that day but over the next few hours more guests fell ill after they had returned home and they also had to call the emergency services.
The Health Protection Agency is currently investigating the outbreak of sickness at the club to determine its cause. The club itself did not provide the catering for the reception and they have announced that they are happy to help out in any way.
Wedding Anniversary Celebrated on the Wrong Day
Every year married couples celebrate the day that they walked down the aisle to say their vows to each other. Their celebrations take on many forms depending on the length of the anniversary, some will be quiet affairs with the couple spending some quality time alone and for others it will be a full blown knees up.
A couple from Ashton under Lyne in Greater Manchester recently discovered that after sixty years of marriage, they had in fact been celebrating their anniversary on the wrong day completely.
Ernest and Joyce Knott who are both eighty three years old have celebrated their anniversary every year on the 11th of August but it was only while celebrating their diamond anniversary that they decided to look at their wedding certificate. It showed their actual wedding date as the 12th of August and it was only then that the couple realised their mistake.
The couple were married at Christ Church in Ashton under Lyne after courting for eighteen months and neither of them are sure how this mistake occurred to begin with. The couple have three children together, Margaret, Alison and Trevor and now have six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Sixty Year Old Wedding Dress on Display
Your wedding dress is something that you want to show off to everyone, to let them see how beautiful it looks and perhaps understand how it makes you feel. One Bride from Abingdon has that chance as her dress is in a glass box in a museum for all to see!
Violet Looker was twenty nine years old when she married her husband Jack in 1946. The couple first met when Violet and her mother gave Jack a lift as he was travelling to Cambridge but they didn’t set eyes on each other for another five years when she again picked him up at the roadside. Recognising him from their previous meeting, the pair began dating and fell in love.
At the time it was not possible to buy clothes without having coupons and so a store bought dress was not affordable. Violet’s dress was made by her own hands out of some lace curtains which cost Violet’s mother forty shillings. At first, Violet was not happy about the material but felt like a princess on her wedding day.
Twelve years ago, at just eighty eight years old, Jack passed away and now, ninety three year old Violet is not even able to get out of the house to see her dress but wants to encourage others to go and see what came out of her hard work.
The hand made dress is currently being displayed in the Abingdon Museum.
Booing at Footballer’s Wedding
When you attend a wedding as a guest you expect to hear clapping, cheering and people shouting good luck and sometimes naughty comments about the Bride and Groom, but what you don’t expect to hear is booing. Such was the case however when Ashley Cole attended his team mate’s wedding last month!
Twenty nine year old footballer Ashley who plays for Chelsea and England was attending the wedding of his mate thirty five year old Sol Campbell in Corbridge in Northumberland and when Ashley came into view the onlookers jeered at him. It is believed their anger is in response to some texts that Ashley sent last month expressing his frustration at the England players and the people.
The Bride, twenty nine year old Fiona Barratt is an interior designer and the grand-daughter of Sir Lawrie Barratt, the millionaire housing tycoon. Sol and Fiona first met in 2005 and have been engaged for a year.
The pair were married at St Andrew’s Church in Corbridge in front of family and friends and other famous celebrities including Rio Ferdinand and Ainsley Harriot.