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Close House Country club, the wedding of Alex Watson and Pete Jeffrey

Alex and Pete married at St Pauls Church in Whitley Bay then whizzed over to the Close House Country Club for their wedding reception.

Orchids made up Alex's bouquet, white ones.

four other bouquets lurked in the house

yellow ones.

hah - a simple colour code - even I could understand it.

white orchids for the bride, yellow for the bridesmaids.

that should reduce confusion a bit.

Alex in a rather Hollywood dress and wrap

(is it a wrap - gawd - there's probably a technical term for it,

furry thing, glam furry thing, soft fluffy glam . ..

flippin 'eck.

wrap.

anyhow -she's putting on some jewellery and the light has caught her rather nicely.

Time rushes past in its usual fashion and Alex descends the stairs.

assisted by a bridesmaid

a bridesmaid who also manages to combine drinking with helping !

well done girls - multitasking again !!

Alex in a quiet moment, sipping champagne

The quiet moments soon come to an end

time no longer stands still

one highly polished car whizzes toward the church.

containing Alex and her brother Guy.

(the car that is, not the church - they aren't in it yet, silly).

the miniature feller perched on the car bonnet is a replica
cameraman.

hah - he's not on the bonnet

A very very nice . . . . . .

actually a tremendously nice . . . .

no . . a bloody good feller.

yep, the feller dressed in white, it's the vicar.

his friendly smile and helpful attitude went a long way toward making the service a real pleasure.

Pete takes a sip and Alex smiles.

no she doesn't - she flipping well beams at him

oh - the picture above . . .
well, it's simple really.
the way that Pete gently holds Alex's hand simply says it all.

serious wedding things happening here.

vows rings n stuff.

Pete is holding tightly onto Alex's hand

the man can't stop smiling !

well . . .do you blame him ?

what a lucky guy.

Pete takes advantage of a kissing opportunity

music maestro. I sneak up on the organist and zap him.

I don't think he noticed either !

hah

<<< Alex's family to the right, Pete's to the left.
as is the custom

Above, the register is signed

and to the left, Alex's brother Guy sings for everyone.

he was pretty darned magnificent.

the camera in the middle of the picture was nothing to do with me,
I tend to sneak about & sneakily take pictures from hidden corners etc.

video often has a different approach
and may sometimes be quite visible.

however - this particular cameraman
was a gentleman - and a pleasure to work with.

no caption needed for the picture above.

so what the heck
am I writing one for then ?

doh !

Above and inside the church door is a really unusual sign

you can see it above Alex and Petes heads.

it says

'all seats in this church are free'.

I just thought you'd like to know that,

err . . useless information . .

I know.

A madman almost falls off the church wall.

guests fling confetti about

shoppers on the other side of the street stand and stare.

the image is a frozen moment in time . . .

rather a nice one too !

Mucho hapinesso

(see - I can speak foreign)

two very happy people
hop across to the waiting car

And a smiling face at the window is glimpsed as the car launches into the traffic.

An island of calm exists at Close House.

the picture gives us another one of those rather lovely frozen moments.

the light was nice.

there were spots of rain outside . . .

who cares . . .

two ushers are located doing odd things to chairs in the dining room

hah - the maniac with the camera finds them.

totally unaware of the loonies sticking things under chairs - Alex wanders outside and radiates some sunshine with that lovely smile of hers.

I nobble Alex and Pete for a few moments

but they immediately get distracted by a glimpse of their room through the window.

I clamp the camera to the window to see what they're glimpsing

Yep. a couple of posed pictures. just to say we've got some. then it's fun and merriment again.

Above, those helpful bridesmaids

(they really were .. honest !)

bunch of friends

very happy ones !

Alex and Pete enter the dining room

everyone stands and applauds - as is the custom.

you can see the happiness on everyones faces

long story.

well - not that long.

err . think STAG WEEKEND

bunch of guys went to Rome,

wandered about dressed as Gladiators
wearing massive comedy ears . . . .

and hidden under each seat

was photographic evidence !

hah - that's what the guys were doing earlier on when I caught them.

I don't know if you can make out the picture to the left - but it shows Pete dressed as a gladiator

in front of the Collosseum - yep - wearing those ears !

Gawd knows what the Italians made of it.

fleeping eengleesh . . .

Above is a close up from the image to the right.

(does that make sense ?)

anyhow - it's a detail - bunch of friends basically. ..

So . .. we get a coulpe

flipping typing finger. drat. . darnit etc etc

couple was the word.

where was I . . ?

we get a couple of pictures showing Alex and Pete..

A couple runs to 3 or 4. .

heck - who's counting.

they look rather good don't they !

(I'm talking about Alex and Pete )

the pictures aren't too bad either.

a sax player (and several others)

provide music for the dance.

I'm sure that Alex and Pete said they weren't dancers.

It all looked pretty darned effective from where I was perched.

Another frozen moment

time standing still

amid the chaos of a dance floor,
moving figures blur
as each follow their own path.

but our couple stood still. . .

not for long.

just for a moment.

but that's all it took

the moment is frozen.