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allotment weddings, now
I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
allotment weddings, now
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allotment weddings, now
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:38:36 +0000 (UTC),
(jane) wrote: I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html Laugh? Laugh?! Surely there are 'garden weddings' in the UK. I was very surprised that this was reckoned a first. And then to read "...since the 1994 Marriage Act allowed licences for 'seemly and dignified premises'". We could certainly do with a little regulation over here. Underwater weddings in scuba grear, or in mid-air while parachuting, or in the aisles of WalMart, or at the end of a local marathon with bride and groom in running gear -- 'bride' added a square of white netting. I can't think of a much more "seemly and dignified" venue than a community garden. |
allotment weddings, now
In article , Frogleg
writes On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:38:36 +0000 (UTC), (jane) wrote: I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html Laugh? Laugh?! Surely there are 'garden weddings' in the UK. I was very surprised that this was reckoned a first. Until very recently, all wedding had to be in a specially licensed church or registry office (allegedly because of the habit, during the old days when a woman's property became her husbands, of impoverished males carting off heiresses and marrying them against their will) - I even had to get a room specially licensed because our local registry office was upstairs and inaccessible to my disabled mother. A few years ago, this was finally changed, and people are welcoming the chance to get wed in all sorts of places. There have been many garden weddings, but it wouldn't spring to many people's mind to get married in a vegetable patch amongst many similar patches all decorated with sheds constructed of discarded doors and window frames. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
allotment weddings, now
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 14:40:37 +0000, Kay Easton
wrote: In article , Frogleg writes On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:38:36 +0000 (UTC), (jane) wrote: I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html Laugh? Laugh?! Surely there are 'garden weddings' in the UK. I was very surprised that this was reckoned a first. Until very recently, all wedding had to be in a specially licensed church or registry office (allegedly because of the habit, during the old days when a woman's property became her husbands, of impoverished males carting off heiresses and marrying them against their will) - I even had to get a room specially licensed because our local registry office was upstairs and inaccessible to my disabled mother. A few years ago, this was finally changed, and people are welcoming the chance to get wed in all sorts of places. There have been many garden weddings, but it wouldn't spring to many people's mind to get married in a vegetable patch amongst many similar patches all decorated with sheds constructed of discarded doors and window frames. Isn't it time that Bill and Ben came out of the closet and got married in the allotment. Weed has been wanting to be a bridesmaid for 40 years. -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
allotment weddings, now
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... In article , Frogleg writes On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:38:36 +0000 (UTC), (jane) wrote: I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html Laugh? Laugh?! Surely there are 'garden weddings' in the UK. I was very surprised that this was reckoned a first. Until very recently, all wedding had to be in a specially licensed church or registry office (allegedly because of the habit, during the old days when a woman's property became her husbands, of impoverished males carting off heiresses and marrying them against their will) - I even had to get a room specially licensed because our local registry office was upstairs and inaccessible to my disabled mother. A few years ago, this was finally changed, and people are welcoming the chance to get wed in all sorts of places. There have been many garden weddings, but it wouldn't spring to many people's mind to get married in a vegetable patch amongst many similar patches all decorated with sheds constructed of discarded doors and window frames. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm Ah but is it still illegal for people in the UK to get married after dark ? Duncan |
allotment weddings, now
"Kay Easton" wrote in message
... In article , Frogleg writes On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:38:36 +0000 (UTC), (jane) wrote: I had to laugh. And wish the bride and groom well! http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...142864,00.html Laugh? Laugh?! Surely there are 'garden weddings' in the UK. I was very surprised that this was reckoned a first. Until very recently, all wedding had to be in a specially licensed church or registry office (allegedly because of the habit, during the old days when a woman's property became her husbands, of impoverished males carting off heiresses and marrying them against their will) - I even had to get a room specially licensed because our local registry office was upstairs and inaccessible to my disabled mother. A few years ago, this was finally changed, and people are welcoming the chance to get wed in all sorts of places. There have been many garden weddings, but it wouldn't spring to many people's mind to get married in a vegetable patch amongst many similar patches all decorated with sheds constructed of discarded doors and window frames. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm Ah but is it still illegal for people in the UK to get married after dark ? Duncan |
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