Wedding Vow Renewal

At the beginning of June we attended a Wedding Vow Renewal service at a very old church.  It was a new area to us and, as we were early, we had a little explore.  There is a large hall next to the Church and we have promised ourselves that we will go and visit 'one of the days'!

This is a group photo taken after the ceremony.  The groom is a work collegue of PJs.


It was an interesting day, a beautiful Church, dates back to Norman times I think.  The Bride's parents and grandparents were married there so it all had a special significance to them.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_and_St_Margaret's_Church,_Castle_Bromwich









C was stunning and the whole day was well planned, her daughters were bridesmaids and her son walked her down to aisle to J who managed to stand for the whole ceremony and we are very proud of him.  He has new knees and was about to go in for a new hip.  C wore the same dress she wore when she married J and the bridesmaids wore grey and black matching dresses.  It sounds quite dismal but the olde worlde church just set it all off.  The flowers were cream, flooded the church and matched the colour of her dress.  Very elegant affair.
There was a good crowd at the reception which was held in Coleshill and we met up with other folks from PJs work place.
We bought them a present of a candle holder, white metal work to match other furnishings in her dining room.

I have attended lots of weddings (including three of my own!) and wedding vow renewals but this was certainly beautiful and a credit to the organisers.