Whilst walking past the shops on the corner of Strelley Road and Broxtowe Lane, a voice called to me from a shop doorway, "what have you got in that Barrow my lad", it was the local policeman on his beat, I explained it was food for my wedding reception the next morning, he inspected my goods saying, "on your way and Good Luck", then muttered, "you will need it".

The following morning my brother and I set off for the Church Hall where  was to hand over the food to Bunty's Granny and Auntie who were responsible for the buffet lunch, it was Bunty's Grans wedding present to us.  Their bus was late owing to fog.  I've no idea where the bottles of Sherry came from, but we only had a small glass each, I was so excited I never ate any of the meal. But it all turned out very well, and after the service the sun came and we managed to get some good photographs.

Three o'clock the Bus picked us up outside the church to take us to Blackpool for our Honeymoon.

When we met I was an only child, George was 23, and had just got back from India where he'd served three years in the Army.  My mother was not used to having all these hairy men in shorts calling at our home, it worried her greatly at first, thankfully she got on very well with my intended.  One day mum asked George if he was serious and what his intentions were, don't remember the reply given, but mum suggested he put his name on the council house list asap, oh dear mother!

I'm still on cloud 9, The Rev Joan and George had organised a special surprise for me, on the 1st March at 10.30am being the day of our 56th anniversary. The four ladies and one gentleman preparing the little posies for Mothering Sunday joined us for a Blessing, it was very emotional, one lady made us smile by saying, "I've never been a Bridesmaid before", so actually we had four bridesmaid's and one Pageboy, where as before I had two Bridesmaids!

  . . . We are both blessed with a good sense of humour, as are our  Daughter Jane and Son Ian, we've two grandson's and two granddaughters. They say the best things in life are free - there have been sad times but what lovely memories we have.

On the 1st March l992 it was our Ruby Wedding, we wanted to be at Christ Church on this day, we casually mentioned when entering the church of our marriage 40 years previously, how thrilled we were to hear the Minister explaining to the congregation, and the icing on the cake was when the Rev. Charles Knowles opened the book we had signed all those years ago, all our parents had moved to higher places, so there were a few tears, some people in the congregation remembered us, that was quite special.

There have been many ups and downs during our marriage, but we have never forgotten the day we made our Wedding Vows at Christ Church, and we hope to see you one coffee morning soon.

Love and God's Blessings to you all.

Bunty and George