Tony and Liz's wedding

The main event for Tony and Liz during 2005 was their wedding on 30th July at Ford Green Hall followed by a small reception at Domville's Lodge and a short holiday at Tony's parent's house, complete with new swimming pool, in Montpeyroux, France. The wedding was a small affair, Liz didn't want anything grand, but as it was Tony's first (and hopefully only) wedding we decided the occassion had to be marked with some style and so the original idea of a Tuesday morning at 9:30 in the local registry office with two passers by as witnesses was abandoned.

Katie and Louise chose the date. They wanted something during the Summer and during the school holidays. At first Liz didn't want July because Andy's birthday is in July, but it soon became obvious that she could associate almost every month with Andy and decided that apart from April (her first wedding) and May (the month of Andy's death) any other month would be OK - so July it was.

If you would like to see some of our wedding photographs, please feel free to browse the Wedding section of our Web Album. Please forgive the variable picture quality, but the light was a little tricky at times.

Louise was the bridesmaid and "best girl". At the ceremony, besides looking after the rings, she read the poem you see on the right. It was written as a tribute to Andy and originally for Katie to read, but when Katie refused it was adapted for Louise. The reading of this poem together with the song "No one but you" by Queen reduced many to tears, including Katie and me, and I don't think anyone except Louise could have read it without being overcome by emotion. Caring for Andy brought Tony and me closer together and we wanted to recognise the important role he played in all our lives and how he is an integral part of our new relationship. We are moving on and learning to live without him, but we would not be where we are if he had not been part of our lives and we thought it important to reflect this by including the poem in our wedding ceremony.

Our reception was held at Domville's Lodge, a small private restuarant on a farm near Audley. The food was excellent and the service personal but inobtrusive. It was ideal for a small family celebration and we shall surely be returning to celebrate anniversaries and other family occasions. Louise read the best man's speach, only occasionaly breaking into fits of giggles and we believe a good time was had by all.