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Big Silly Victorian Wedding
Aug. 5th, 2010 11:38 amSo, the last weekend.
Weekend, up at the arse-crack of dawn to make trip up to Lancaster for Tors and Andy's Big Silly Victorian Wedding. Get to Marwan's, everyone got changed 'argh, how do you tie a cravat?' 'Ack, what do I do with my hair?' 'Oh good god, I think we've reached a new level of geek in these cufflinks', embarked and got to Ashton memorial - rather lovely temple-like building built near the end of the 19th Century. Everyone was decked out in several decades worth of 19thC finery, and did look rather good (Tors and Andy had deviated slightly and gone for the Stardust costumes). Which included Tors arriving in a bonafide turn of the century horse-drawn carriage.
Everyone settled down, after squeeing and hugging, registrar got up, looked over the audience, and came out with a rather classic line: 'I've officiated at a lot of these, and I have to say this is the best-looking congregation I've seen, and you fit in with the decor!' Photos on the steps, we could see the tourists all going 'cool! Not only do we get the building, we get a cast to go along with it for our snaps!'. Note to prospective brides : Charcoal grey is a rather fabulous look on bridesmaids.
Further borne out by when we got to the hotel the reception was held at, and the fire alarm went off post-meal, hotel staff gibbered a bit (Bridezillas do not normally take kindly to this) but were saved by the fact that all the convention crowd laughed, as did Tors, who went 'It's the Norbreck!', so we all exited and found out there was another wedding going on in the hotel. Victorian dress = not one single fashion faux pas. Unlike certain people at the other wedding. Some of our lot had gone out the same exit as the other wedding, and overheard a few good lines : 'Why didn't we go for a themed wedding? They look so much better.' Oh, and you know the standard stuffed-shirt look that happens on groomsmen stuffed into three piece suits? Lots of those at the other wedding, whereas the majority of our blokes looked good in this. Concluded it was because ours fitted and the gear being worn is designed to be worn all day rather'n a couple of hours.
Stuff at wedding: v. good duck. Yes, we were surprised. With conspiracy not to tell the younglings that it was duck. Lots of food swapping (All your lettuce belongs to us). Swamp Thing kicking off the dancing after the first dance, all the convention crowd being stared at by the families. We're pondering if Swamp Thing should be designated the geek Haka. Brides getting their photo taken with the firemen who turned up. Over-use of fans. We couldn't help it. I was teaching various kids how to snap their fans, with a passing line from Suzie of 'Mikado!' (yes, I learnt how to do it from Topsy-Turvy) which then segued into us looking over at the other wedding lot sneaking out for a fag and not being able to stop the 'My dear! You can see her ankles!' 'I have heard that some of them are not wearing petticoats!' patter. One suspects we may have watched too much period drama. Those of us wearing waistcoats doing a comparison of pocket watches. Me moaning a bit that I was the only person not wearing finery. 'I look like a shopgirl!' 'Atch, you do make a rather good governess.' 'Thing is, couldn't imagine you in posh gear.' 'I am now deeply suspicious of you.' What doesn't help is that I was often corralling/entertaining some of the kids during the photos, including teaching them how to feed polos to the horses. So there are several photos of me in the middle of a lot of posh frocks but my attention's very clearly on the kids. I really couldn't look more like a governess if I'd tried.
Oh, and late night rants on the subject of RTD and the superiority of Moffat and Matt Smith. It happens.
Photo albums : http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=471622&id=897380289
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246643&id=554211275
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1366221&op=2&o=global&view=global&subj=886140353&id=1463294142 - wedding party, taken in sepia
Weekend, up at the arse-crack of dawn to make trip up to Lancaster for Tors and Andy's Big Silly Victorian Wedding. Get to Marwan's, everyone got changed 'argh, how do you tie a cravat?' 'Ack, what do I do with my hair?' 'Oh good god, I think we've reached a new level of geek in these cufflinks', embarked and got to Ashton memorial - rather lovely temple-like building built near the end of the 19th Century. Everyone was decked out in several decades worth of 19thC finery, and did look rather good (Tors and Andy had deviated slightly and gone for the Stardust costumes). Which included Tors arriving in a bonafide turn of the century horse-drawn carriage.
Everyone settled down, after squeeing and hugging, registrar got up, looked over the audience, and came out with a rather classic line: 'I've officiated at a lot of these, and I have to say this is the best-looking congregation I've seen, and you fit in with the decor!' Photos on the steps, we could see the tourists all going 'cool! Not only do we get the building, we get a cast to go along with it for our snaps!'. Note to prospective brides : Charcoal grey is a rather fabulous look on bridesmaids.
Further borne out by when we got to the hotel the reception was held at, and the fire alarm went off post-meal, hotel staff gibbered a bit (Bridezillas do not normally take kindly to this) but were saved by the fact that all the convention crowd laughed, as did Tors, who went 'It's the Norbreck!', so we all exited and found out there was another wedding going on in the hotel. Victorian dress = not one single fashion faux pas. Unlike certain people at the other wedding. Some of our lot had gone out the same exit as the other wedding, and overheard a few good lines : 'Why didn't we go for a themed wedding? They look so much better.' Oh, and you know the standard stuffed-shirt look that happens on groomsmen stuffed into three piece suits? Lots of those at the other wedding, whereas the majority of our blokes looked good in this. Concluded it was because ours fitted and the gear being worn is designed to be worn all day rather'n a couple of hours.
Stuff at wedding: v. good duck. Yes, we were surprised. With conspiracy not to tell the younglings that it was duck. Lots of food swapping (All your lettuce belongs to us). Swamp Thing kicking off the dancing after the first dance, all the convention crowd being stared at by the families. We're pondering if Swamp Thing should be designated the geek Haka. Brides getting their photo taken with the firemen who turned up. Over-use of fans. We couldn't help it. I was teaching various kids how to snap their fans, with a passing line from Suzie of 'Mikado!' (yes, I learnt how to do it from Topsy-Turvy) which then segued into us looking over at the other wedding lot sneaking out for a fag and not being able to stop the 'My dear! You can see her ankles!' 'I have heard that some of them are not wearing petticoats!' patter. One suspects we may have watched too much period drama. Those of us wearing waistcoats doing a comparison of pocket watches. Me moaning a bit that I was the only person not wearing finery. 'I look like a shopgirl!' 'Atch, you do make a rather good governess.' 'Thing is, couldn't imagine you in posh gear.' 'I am now deeply suspicious of you.' What doesn't help is that I was often corralling/entertaining some of the kids during the photos, including teaching them how to feed polos to the horses. So there are several photos of me in the middle of a lot of posh frocks but my attention's very clearly on the kids. I really couldn't look more like a governess if I'd tried.
Oh, and late night rants on the subject of RTD and the superiority of Moffat and Matt Smith. It happens.
Photo albums : http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=471622&id=897380289
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=246643&id=554211275
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1366221&op=2&o=global&view=global&subj=886140353&id=1463294142 - wedding party, taken in sepia
