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| Then came the speeches. Keith
got the shock of his life as the MC got him mixed up with Bob and
asked him if he was ready to do his speech, poor man almost had a
heart attack. No, I don't know how the MC could possibly not connect
Keith & I. |
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| Once sorted
they went well, Bob remembering my negotiations for a dowry and Paul
not crucifying me, in fact being complimentary, another surprise for
the day. |
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| As tradition
demands my mother materialised some long lost, childhood memory. 'Sniffy',
a blanket I would go nowhere without and Wendy had saved a square
for all these years. Equally traditionally I remember none of that
episode. |
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| My speech went without nerves
although I nearly forgot to give the bouquets to the mums, my ushers
forgot to prepare themselves too so I had to bolt a bit on the end,
it was lucky I had asked the ushers to help because the bouquets were
enormous. |
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| Tip for future
speeches, leave out as much as possible and say the absolute minimum
people will be happy with, you'll forget less that way. |
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| One table was actively betting
on how long the speeches would last, I don't recall the eventual winner
there. |
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| The rest
of the evening went well although it was a bit of a blur, talking
to people I both did and didn't recognise, trying to talk to people
I ought to say hello to and trying to get a drink.....Barny, yes,
every time I finally got a drink Barny would take it away from me
and push me towards the dance floor |
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| I finally
got a whole pint of Harvey's but it was the last pint in the barrel
and the barman did say it would be rather lumpy but I needed it. He
was right so some other kind soul drank it for me. |
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| We did do
a first dance (almost forgot to mention that bit), it was ... well,
it was a Van Morrison track and I did recognise it. Lee the DJ was
up to his usual standards and had chosen something for us which other
people would dance to and predictably he was correct. |
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| Darren and
his band did a great set and I think that for the first time ever
Malc was actually there when they started. |
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The cake was fantastic
(I lived off the remains of the bottom layer for a week when
we came back from honeymoon). |
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seemed to have a good time (Paul and Miriam continued having a good
time until about 4 am with a hen party which turned up late that evening). |
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a chance to speak to each other all day and didn't sit down for most
of the evening. Lorna's bouquet wasn't thrown and has been sent for
drying (which I thought happening naturally given time). |
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| Lots of people stayed
at Paul's house the night before - he was with me remember. Unfortunately,
his kitchen ceiling collapsed so I had the job of reporting the good
news. The redecorated room looks good Paul. |
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