Julia and Ian - one day, 2 weddings and loads of Kiwis…

July 28, 2007

Julia and Ian at their civil wedding at Sidcup House
I dunno, weddings used to be simple - either church or register office. Now I seem to go to 2 day weddings, 7 bridesmaid wedding extravaganzas and the latest - two weddings in a day. Or more accurately a wedding and a blessing. Either way, with a wonderful couple, gorgeous weather and lots of chilled out friends both from the UK and the southern hemisphere it was a great day!

After the civil ceremony at Sidcup House, we went on to the rather lovely St Nicholas Church in Chislehurst for the blessing.
Julia and Ian have their wedding blessed at St Nicholas Church Chislehurst
After the ceremony they emerged into a gorgeous summer’s day (we were due some summer eventually!). Even the church porch was decorated with flowers.
Julia and Ian outside St Nicholas Church - photo by Jonathan Ryan of MyWeddingStory
The weather held for group pictures outside the church - though I did think it was a little unsporting of some of the guests to heckle me when I was standing at the very top of a ladder on sloping ground trying to shoot an impromptu group of everybody at the wedding :)As I walked down the road from the church to the reception in the bull’s Head with Julia and Ian, a four piece brass band struck up and played them into the reception.
Detail of a trombone fromt he band at Julia and Ian's wedding by MyWeddingStory
With two weddings, 3 venues (5 if you count the mayhem of several hundred guests at the bride’s house and the calm relaxing atmosphere where the groom prepared and where absolutely no drinking of beer took place) it was just as well that they had a top wedding coordinator on hand. I’ve worked with Toni Davey from Isis Events before and the attention to detail was up to her usual high standards.
Candles and flowers at the Bulls Head. Organised by Isis Events and photographed by Jonathan Ryan of My Wedding Story
And of course, at the end of a long day, there’s always dancing. Dancing to a fantastic big band sound.
Julia and Ian's first dance at their wedding
There will be plenty more pictures online when Julia and Ian return from honeymoon.

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  1. Julia and Ian’s pictures are now online : MyWeddingStory on December 21st, 2007 4:31 pm

    [...] I put Lisa and Mark’s and Kirsty and Lee’s pictures online, now it’s the turn of Julia and Ian. A massive 468 pictures online - and of course their page wouldn’t be complete without a 1 [...]

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