Uninvited random people watching the bride arrive at church!!

Penny1981

I dont know how to quote and slightly off topic but short massage to paddingtondoo. I got married on the 11/08/2007 and brought back some loverly wedding day memories seeing your wedding date. Hope it all goes well

paddingtondoo

Penny1981 wrote: »

I dont know how to quote and slightly off topic but short massage to paddingtondoo. I got married on the 11/08/2007 and brought back some loverly wedding day memories seeing your wedding date. Hope it all goes well

thank you Penny. I hope it does too - just about all organised.

it will also be my cousins and my best friends sons first anniversary

floss2

paddingtondoo wrote: »

I work right next to the local registry office and whilst we're not allowed out of the building you can guarantee there will be at least 2 people at the window :rotfl:

Snap! Our office is on the corner of the same block, and we get limo's & horse-drawn landau coming to the registrars office.

paddingtondoo

floss2 wrote: »

Snap! Our office is on the corner of the same block, and we get limo's & horse-drawn landau coming to the registrars office.

Am not sure that wedding watching is appropriate use of a screen break but it works for me :rotfl:

lizzie_dripping

A couple of months ago my sister, niece and I hung around the Bath Assembly Rooms after visiting the Costume Museum as there was a wedding on and we wanted to see what the Bride was wearing.

I was chatting to the women who works in the gift shop, they sometimes can have 2 or 3 wedding a day and the staff always go out to have a look!

ScoobieGirl

princess1974 wrote: »

...however word has got back that some unwanted random people are going to come and "watch me arrive at the church"..
...I know that a church is for everyone but im really not keen on this and am trying to discourage it..
Am i just being a cowbag or is this usual..:eek:

My friend was recently a bridesmaid and was actively encouraging people who knew her or the bride incl those she knew were only invited the the evening "do"

I thought this was a bit instrusive to just turn up, but was told it was perfectly acceptable. My opinion - if you've paid £500+ to hold the service in a church it should be yours for those hours, and you should be able to keep members of the public out. However enforcing that would be impractical.

Have you considered telling them you don't want them there? If you don't like them anyway....

shelovestobuystuff

When I was little all the local kids would rush to the church when they heard the wedding bells.The 'scramble'was traditional.The groom would throw handfulls of money out of the wedding car as they were slowly leaving down the church drive and all the kids would pick up what they could then run after the car chearing.Everyone came to catch a glimpse of the bride.
There was often about a hundred non-guests waiting outside to see them off.
If it got about that it was a well off family then the church yard was full,more money for the scramble.

emmy05

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

When I was little all the local kids would rush to the church when they heard the wedding bells.The 'scramble'was traditional.The groom would throw handfulls of money out of the wedding car as they were slowly leaving down the church drive and all the kids would pick up what they could then run after the car chearing.Everyone came to catch a glimpse of the bride.
There was often about a hundred non-guests waiting outside to see them off.
If it got about that it was a well off family then the church yard was full,more money for the scramble.

i agree with you here, was the same for us too.

you could cover yourselves with something like a walking tent so ppl who werent invited couldnt see you lol

all_change

I thought this was a bit instrusive to just turn up, but was told it was perfectly acceptable. My opinion - if you've paid £500+ to hold the service in a church it should be yours for those hours, and you should be able to keep members of the public out. However enforcing that would be impractical.

Fair enough, as you say it's your opinion. However, the church service is actually open to the public, even when a wedding is on. It's not the same as hiring a room in a registry office. This isn't necessarily mentioned to couples getting married tho, as there's so much else to organise in a few short meetings with the vicar. Couples who go to church more tend to view the "exclusivity" of the church differently to couples who go simply to get married there. (Not a criticism either way, just a difference.)

paddingtondoo

I'd forgotten about the scramble. Have checked with the venue about confetti forgot to ask about small children chasing coins:rotfl: