Wedding Day to Remember – 12/09/2014

After a relatively easy drive down to the Great Western Hotel,Highbury; quick change into boots and suits, by taxi to nearby Stoke Newington Town Hall and the Rose and Crown Pub, by twelve noon.

After a refreshing ” Sharpener” we took our places in the auditorium, in the town hall.The civil ceremony was presided over with cordiality.After the exchange of vows and rings, between Jessica and Jack,senior members of Jessica”s family gathered together to sing “Dancing Day”, beautiful acoustics, too.This song has been performed at the family’s weddings for forty years.

The bride and groom leaving the town hall , for nearby Clissold Park, where drinks were served to soften the pain of photos!
Beautiful weather and setting.

We were then directed to the Wedding venue, which was located in a restored, enormous boiler room – more like a hall – which overlooked the local reservoir,adjacent to boating facilities.

Here follow pictures of the exterior and interior of the West Reservoir Centre.

Extremely enjoyable meal, funny speeches and very attentive drinks waiters
made it a very convivial feast.
Time passed so quickly – a Tug of War on the jetty – a live band was soon performing and by 9 pm trays of hot pork rolls appeared and were enjoyed by all.

I managed a couple of dances,having been cajoled on to the floor by the strains of Spencer Davis’s ” Keep On Running”.

Celebrations were scheduled to finish at 1 am, which is great if like the majority of guests you are in your early thirties!

My legs began to run out by about 11.30 pm, so farewells and thanks were bid and a taxi ride was swiftly arranged, back to the hotel.

We had a wonderful day and I was particularly pleased that ,counting the drive down to London of 119 miles, I kept going for such a long time.

Home by 11am, next day and then preparing the Bus for the trip over to
France! 07.20 by Eurotunnel.

I was really cheered by the fact that the weather forecasts had not only improved since Thursday, but there was also concurrence between websites!

Adieu for the present.