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Although I felt them there in spir-
it with me. I had the feeling also that
they would have loved Pauline as
much as I did, had they met her. An
old childhood friend from Birming-
ham named Simon came to stay with
us and be at our wedding. I hadn’t kept
in touch with many old friends from
where I grew up, but I was happy to
have Simon attend our big day. The
morning of our wedding wasn’t a hec-
tic one for me if I am honest, not as
full on as Pauline was having at her
hotel. Simon was staying with me and
we had the nicest relaxed of mornings,
we had breakfast and chatted about
old times, I couldn’t have wished for
more. Stephen my best man met us at
Lupton House at half 12. I didn’t have
the usual nerves grooms have washing
over me when I arrived at Lupton, I
was just looking forward to marrying
my soul mate. Standing at the front of
this amazing house, our families and
Pauline’s journey to
Lupton House and wed-
ding service in her own
words.
The morning had gone so fast but it
was nearly time to leave for Lupton,
Jamie arrived at 1.20 pm to take my-
self, son Robert his girlfriend Michelle
and flower girl Summer and page boy
Ben. The wedding car was beautifully
decorated and looked stunning. I have
to admit I was starting to get butter-
flies in my stomach at this point, dur-
ing the morning there was no nerv-
ousness. Once at Lupton we drove
slowly down the long drive up to the
main house, when we got there I could
see alot of our respective families and
guests mingling outside and chatting
with Alan. My nerves seemed to dis-
appear when I saw Alan running into
the house because our car had been
spotted, it was a funny moment that
put me at my ease. I could tell Robert
was nervous as he hadn’t been asked
to do such an important job before,
that of giving me away. We got out of
Jamie’s car and entered the house, we
were greeted by Lee our photographer
and our Registrar Sue. Lee was tak-
ing photographs on our arrival inside
guests began to arrive. After greeting
those that I could, I was ushered inside
as my bride was coming up the drive.
Finally our wedding service was about
to begin……….
wedding day had arrived, Monday
20th February 2017. Everything felt so
right in my own mind, I was so happy
and I was looking forward to marry-
ing this wonderful lady, a lady that had
shown me that I could love and trust
again. My eldest nephew Stephen
Bowers had agreed to be my best man
on the day. I had been best man at his
wedding back in 2015, and he was so
proud to return the favour. As well as
having all my family at the wedding, it
was bittersweet in a lot of ways because
both my mother and father aren’t alive
anymore and they couldn’t be there.