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Ellie & Dan's wedding album created for the 20th June 2010. Photographs taken 20th June 2009.

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Daniel and ellie’s wedding album

June 20th 2010

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black and white orchids with one flower in colour

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guest listDaniel hanks

eleanor hanksbrian chambers

Jan chambersrose costello

martin costellochristopher hanks

pauline hanksphillipa chambers

James mossJo moss

matt hanksliz cornwellgavin hanks

tracy grigsbykaren hanksben western

penny-holly penalverchris greenhough

rachel hillDan perring

rachel perringrich eDlington

becky evanslaura richerlaura waters

James binghamalison hector

matthew latorrenatalie coomber

philip evanskatie palmer

richarD Dearsleyemily collett

matthew keslakehannah powell

guy hutter

emily pryce-JenkinshayDen pryce-Jenkins

sue Jarviskeith Jarvis

zoe Jarvis-wooDbriDgenoah Jarvis-wooDbriDge

megan Jarvis-wooDbriDgeiain Jarvis-wooDbriDge

anne oakeycharlie oakeylilian stevensbobby stevens

lorna thompsonJamie stevenssally o’neill

robbie stevensangela manning

Dan wooDJess ashley

tom ambleralex goDfrey

tim amblersteve maughamangela farrowronnie farrow

pam colemanrob Johnstonkay Johnstonharry hanks

Doreen hankssteve hanks

marion hanksmartin booth

Jean boothDave griffinbev griffin

Dave alDerson

kate alDersongraham steaneyvonne steaneeileen Downes

phil poDestatomasz barcik

martin costellosean costello

margaret evansroy evanslisa Jones

Dean Jonesalison cochrane

ian mccullycolin wooDs

ryan laceycarly penDerbrett wallis

leanne Donavanlee wallis

reilly walliszoe clarkeglyn wallis

rebecca walshsteve huDsonJulie huDsonben burnell

nicola huDsonphilip huDson

elizabeth pethercharlotte pether

philip petherirene petherlance chilD

marilyn chilD

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father of the briDe speechlaDies anD gentlemen, as father of the briDe it is my privilege to make the first speech anD i woulD like to start by thanking you all for coming anD Joining

with us to celebrate the marriage of ellie anD Dan. you are all very welcome. i woulD also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have helpeD to

organise toDay’s events - especially Dan’s parents, pauline anD chris; ellie’s mother, rose anD my wife Jan.

we are very happy to see ellie now marrieD to Dan. they have known each other for a long time anD it is obvious that they are maDe for each other. i cannot

remember the first occasion when we met Dan - but very early on he createD a favourable impression by preparing a meal for us which ellie serveD. we were in

pizza express at the time anD Dan was the chef anD ellie the waitress. of course, that was years ago. Dan, you are exactly the kinD of person we haD always hopeD

ellie woulD marry anD noboDy coulD want for a better son-in-law. welcome to the family.

anD what about my beautiful Daughter, ellie? i want you all to know how prouD i am to be her father. bringing her up was a Joyful experience - for the most

part. when she was young she was very quiet anD careful - even to the point of being timiD anD she gave few signs that she woulD one Day Develop into the

confiDent person we see before us now. i remember a holiDay in Devon when she was about 3 or 4. she woulD only paDDle in the sea with her wellies on because

she DiD not want to get her feet wet. a few years later some frienDs came to visit us. they haD a labraDor Dog- a frienDlier animal you coulD not wish to meet.

at this time ellie was going through a perioD of being afraiD of all living creatures anD after a while we realiseD that she was not in the house. we spotteD her

stanDing outsiDe on the far siDe of the roaD in the pouring rain. she coulD not be convinceD that the Dog was harmless anD only agreeD to come in when the

blameless animal was lockeD in our visitors’ car.

we were very pleaseD when ellie DiD well at school anD went to university. eventually we DeciDeD, as parents Do, that since she haD more or less left home, then

we attempt to tiDy up her room. after several Days we manageD to work our way to a cupboarD at the far siDe of the room. on the top shelf at the back, hiDDen

unDer a pile of assorteD clothes, we founD several small packages, each wrappeD neatly in aluminium kitchen foil. when we starteD to open them, the full

horror of what they containeD became apparent-10 year-olD cheese anD pickle sanDwiches. these were the remains of packeD lunches which she haD taken to

school in the morning anD smuggleD back into the house, untoucheD, when she came home in the afternoon.

it is traDitional on an occasion such as this for the father of the briDe to offer some worDs of wisDom on the institution of marriage. perhaps i can Do this

by telling you a story about my parents. they live in yorkshire anD, saDly, are too frail to make the Journey to be with us toDay. two years ago they celebrateD

their 65th weDDing anniversary. my wife anD i took them to a restaurant. it was fairly crowDeD anD the tables were quite close together. after a while it

became obvious that the couple on the next table were having an argument, it was embarrassing but you coulD not help overhearing what they were saying.

the couple were in their early thirties anD the woman was complaining to her husbanD about the Difficulty of trying to work anD raise a family anD how

he shoulD give her more support. my parents were reasonably well-known at this restaurant anD one of the waiters askeD them if it was a special occasion

since they were with us. when we tolD him what we were celebrating, he went into the miDDle of the restaurant, calleD for silence anD askeD everyone to

congratulate ‘mr anD mrs chambers on the occasion of their 65th weDDing anniversary’. there was a rounD of applause anD shortly afterwarDs the woman

who haD been arguing with her husbanD leaneD across anD saiD to my mother, ‘what is the secret of staying happily marrieD for 65 years’? my mother turneD to

her anD saiD, without hesitation, ‘patience’. a few moments later we noticeD that the couple were holDing hanDs anD staring into each others eyes.

so patience is important - what other aDvice can i proviDe? i coulD suggest that each of you cultivates the art of appearing to be attentive while not actually

listening. i can also say that the best way of having the last worD in an argument is to make sure the last worD is ‘sorry’.

ellie, Dan, this is a special Day. we hope it is the first of many anD we wish you both every happiness. have a great life together. laDies anD gentlemen, please

stanD, raise your glasses anD Drink with me a toast to the health anD happiness of ellie anD Dan. to ellie anD Dan.

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groom speechgooD afternoon everyboDy, anD Just in case i haven’t haD a chance to speak to you yet i’m Dan the groom anD stop hiDing from me.

i trust you all have haD a gooD meal anD sufficient alcohol. me anD my new wife ellie woulD like to thank you greatly for coming toDay, for the generous

gifts you have given us anD for making all the effort to look so beautiful anD stylish to make this a really gooD looking persons weDDing. speaking of which i

have to say that i have let you all Down by being the only ginger person in the room. anyway, moving swiftly on before anyone mentions my highlights.

for those of you that wonDering how me anD els met, well each of us have our very own time scale. we basically went to the same seconDary school here in

cirencester anD were even in the same year. but! for the marvel of popularity in teenage years, ellie new who i was anD i haD no clue who she was. but the worst

part of all was that ellie sat behinD me in english for a couple of years anD can remember speaking to me on numerous occasions. i have no recognition of this,

anD i still Don’t. then there was pizza express, where i was a lonely cleaner scrubbing plates anD pasta bowls all night long a quiet shy waitress woulD come anD

bring me tables after tables of Dirty crockery, glasses anD cutlery. whether it was my trenDy chequereD trousers or stripy t-shirt that maDe me look like a camp

thief, i haD her at hello. that was 8 years ago next week anD toDay we are marrieD. the strangest thing is, that toDay it is me who brings her my Dirty washing

for her to clean anD i have no iDea what the nhs are Doing with their uniform because what nurse ellie comes home in might as well be the pizza express pot

washers uniform she wearing. so that was the short version of mine anD ellies last 8 years.

so now on to the real reason why im up insteaD here telling washing up stories anD ginger Jokes. me anD ellie woulD like to give a massive thanks brian & Jan,

rose & martin for you generous input into this Day anD making it the best Day of our lives. we have a couple of gifts we woulD like you to have as a token of

our appreciation anD gratituDe for toDay anD the Days leaDing up to this.

i personally woulD like to thank brian & rose for bringing ellie into this worlD so that i coulD finD someone who i aDore anD love so much anD to which i

promise to take care of her for the rest of my life. you have given me the best present in the worlD anD i shall enJoy unwrapping it later.

mum anD DaD, i want to say thank you to you two who put up with me for all these years, you have both been there for me when i’ve neeDeD you anD given me a

wonDerful start in life anD i’m very fortunate anD prouD to have you as my mum anD DaD. i’ve a present for you here mum, as a thank you anD one for

you too DaD.

now to the seconD most loveD person in this room. tom, my best man. i have known him for all my life ever since we were toDDlers sat in the back garDen in

the summer. my olDest memory with him was a semi nakeD tom in shorts hanging from a tree then falling into some 5ft tall stinging nettles. i can still see him

there, the shear fear on his face then Drop!. moving swiftly on, i have to say a huge thanks for being my best man, i coulD not think of anyone else, anD from

now on me anD els will always be there for you where neeDs be that its.

my boys the ushers. toDay anD During my lifetime you have been absolute stars anD i woulDn’t expect anything less. we want to thank you for all your help

toDay anD for the rest of the night. i hope you’ve got some gooD viDeo footage insteaD of a nakeD Jelly bean. love you all.

now the lovely briDesmaiDs, i must say, that you all look pretty stunning seconD only to my ellie of course. philly you’ve Done a marvellous Job organizing

your sisters hen night anD being the bossy one. thank you all. heres some pressies.

Just a quick mention, we have a birthDay girl in the room. ellies granDma margaret we have a present for you.

i can imagine that tom, is getting a taD impatient to make his speech. now many people Don’t know that tom suffers from a rare meDical conDition which

causes him to invent fictional stories. he really Does believe these stories to be true anD i thank you for humouring him During his speech.

but before i pass you over, i woulD like to raise a toast to the lovely briDes maiDs....

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best man speechhello laDies anD gents.

can i first start off by thanking Daniel for his kinD worDs on behalf of all the briDesmaiDs. i must agree they Do all look absolutely stunning, inDeeD only

eclipseD by the briDe, who i think you’ll all agree looks beautiful toDay. Daniel, you too look pretty Dam Dapper, only a shame you haD to copy my outfit.

i thought i’D start with a look back through history, at any events which took place toDay to aDD a little bit more significants (if any more was really

neeDeD). i founD some pretty interesting stuff i must aDmit. the most interesting anD apt event took place 73 years ago toDay. alcatraz was openeD as an

incarceration facility. holDing young men unDer lock anD key for the rest of their lives. in its history there have been 35 escape attempts, three enDeD in

Death anD the rest gave up anD maDe Do with life on the lonely islanD. quite fitting i think you’ll all agree that ellie has chosen toDay to marry Daniel.

for those of you who Do not know me, my name is tom anD i’m the best man for toDay. when Daniel askeD me to Do this i saiD no, he askeD me once more when

i was Drunk anD naturally i saiD yes. please Don’t get me wrong, i Do feel extremely honoureD to be stanDing here to Day, however the whole iDea of talking

about a frienD of 22 years seems Just to Daunting. as to be expecteD there are so many stories i coulD tell, but with so many members of family anD up stanDing

citizens of our local community it woulD seem that now is not an appropriate time to part with such information, after all these years of seemingly getting

away with it. so i’m afraiD i shall not be incriminating young Dan by talking about his various acts of minDless vanDalism over the years. i woulD however on

behalf of Daniel like to apologise to the south cerney Duck race organisers for unDoing your very harD work , number 14 the lennarDs for egging your house

every halloween, number 46 box bush for breaking your plant pots anD number 24 robert franklin way . what can i say we were young?

i woulD prefer rather to Dwell on Just how utterly useless anD acciDent prone Daniel is.

to be honest i Do not remember meeting Dan for the first time as we were so young. but when preparing this speech (yes i DiD Do a little bit!) i haD a gooD long

think about my memories of Dan, i founD that most surrounDeD some sort of pickle he’s got himself in to.

one of the earliest i can remember was before a primary school Disco, when he DeciDeD to Do some sort of experiment with matches in his room. i’ve never

really askeD Dan what he was hoping to achieve that night. if his aim was to ruin his best toys, burn a huge hole in the carpet smoke out the house anD scare

the crap out of his mum …then i think he achieveD it.

since then it woulD seem that Dan has never been far away from his next Disaster. other noticeable chilD hooD antics involveD him anD a frienD covering

themselves in tar. pauline once more was at hanD, not with a fire extinguisher but with a big bath which she threw them both in. saDly i wasn’t there for that

one.

you’D think over time he woulD have grown up anD acteD more his age. with this silly thought in minD i alloweD myself to meet up with him in australia. after

all what coulD go wrong in a country crammeD full of the worlD’s most poisonous animals anD creepy crawlies. it wasn’t however the snakes anD spiDers that

were his unDoing. while scuba Diving on the great barrier reef Dan felt truly at one with his surrounDings, so much so he must have DeciDeD to take a little

memory with him. in the form of a vibrant piece of coral embeDDeD in his foot. for those of you that Don’t know, coral although beautiful is covereD in very

aggressive bacteria. if you ever Do cut your self, clean the wounD straight away, or better still go to see a Doctor. we unfortunately DiDn’t Do know this!

once back on Dry lanD Dan starteD to complain of a very sore foot. i being the caring sharing type anD all too aware of Dan’s track recorD haD every type of

meDicine to treat all manner of aliments. salt water solution, antiseptic cream, pain killers, heaD ache tablets, imoDium you name it i haD it. i saw fit to leave

Dan with my little bag of magic anD go to shop.

after leaving him for ten or so minutes i returneD to our room to finD him with his foot up in the sink. i noticeD my meDicine bag on the siDe with plasters

anD imoDium strewn on the floor, on closer inspection i notice lots anD lots of empty pain killer packets on the siDe of the sink…my first fear was not

realiseD as he was still stanDing anD conscious so that was a gooD sign….he DiD however have his foot immerseD in the white froth createD by all the pain

killers in the water. Deary me i felt there was no hope for this boy.

to say this story enDeD happily woulD be incorrect, he DiD have to spenD a few Days in an australian hospital hookeD up to a Drip.

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briDesmaiDs & ushers

phillipa chambers, natalie coomber, emily collett, katie palmer

tom oakey (best man), matt hanks, James moss, chris greenhough, Daniel wooD, robbie stevens

briDesmaiDs

ushers

i starteD to Develop a small hatreD for this man for leaving me to wanDer arounD the most boring town on the east coast of australia. but in my Darkest hour

it DiD Dawn on me that Dan haD founD something extremely special in his life. the lovely ellie.

it wasn’t the phone calls he maDe everyDay to totting up a three hunDreD pounD phone bill, or the aDmission that he crieD when he left her at the airport,

it was the fact that he haD finally founD someone with the Degree of meDical training requireD anD the willingness to be at his siDe in what ever pickle he

shoulD finD himself in.

which going on his track recorD i’m sure he will Do.

please be up stanDing for the lovely, goD help em!

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