01/06/2023
Happy 1st June.
I love weddings and seeing all the lovely details todayโs brides and grooms include in their special day. My wedding, almost 37 years ago was very much a homemade affair. Most of the wedding buffet was prepared by my family- all well practiced cooks and hosts. Mum also altered my dress and made numerous pink tablecloths from white sheets that she bought secondhand from in the weeks before the wedding. My mother in law made the floral centrepieces and arranged for the cake to be made. My Nan, who was in her 80s wrote out the little cards for my sugared almonds in her beautiful handwriting. My best friend created a beautiful swag from pink netting all the way round the huge buffet table, decorating it with pink roses. The bar was organised by my husbandโs uncle who ran an off licence in Chingford. In the bar was a shellfish table- jellied eels, cockles whelks etc as hubbyโs side of the family are from the East End. Juxtaposed with the plastic bowls containing the eels, was a beautiful dressed salmon from my sisterโs godfather worked there - they also prepared some delicious Coronation Chicken. My boss at the time took a surprise video of the wedding ceremony- Oh and Dad provided lots of wine for all the tables, spilling some in the back of a black cab on the way home from a bottle he had in his jacket pocket- and there was almost a punch up between a couple of the guests back at my parentโs house- would I change a thing? not a chance.
Tell me something memorable about yours?
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