Mum & Dad's Diamond Wedding - December 2018
We enjoyed last year's weekend of parties for Mum's 80th so much, Mum & Dad decided to do something similar for their Diamond Wedding so a party on Saturday and family lunch on Sunday.

The Saturday party was at The Anchor Inn in Whixley. The pub was closed while we were there we could mingle to our heart's content.

There were 49 of us in total so lots of catching up to do.

cake

cake cutting
painting

Mum and Dad had commissioned a painting from Shirley Vine as a gift to each other. It's of the Millennium Field at Whixley.

Rather than presents, Mum and Dad invited their guests to make a donation to Martin House and Yorkshire Air Ambulance so P&P created a lovely little box and label so people knew where to put their money.

collection box
Dad, Carole and I went over to The Anchor in the morning to set it all up. The Christmas decorations were already in place but we added the table cloths (Pauline borrowed them from Whixley church), balloons, sparkles, cards and so on.
room

bellringers

To start the afternoon's celebrations, Pauline and her fellow bell ringers rang a quarter peal.

card
Sixty years is really something special and was even acknowledged by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
royal card

The room looked very different when everyone was settling in.

room

pat les

Pat and Les. Pat was Mum's bridesmaid.

bet graham

Bet and Graham

food

Mum didn't eat all this herself - she was offering it around!

Watsons

Angela and Alan. Alan was an usher at the wedding.

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Dad and his cousin, Ken who was also an usher.

sisters

We sisters weren't on the top table but like to have a photo when we all get together.

family

grace

Grace clearly thought Jonathon belonged to her for the day!

emily

Emily

jo mark

Jo and Mark

hannah

Hannah

dave

Dave (Mum's brother)

table 3 men

Ian, Geoff and Pauline

table3

Brenda, Olga and Joan

ralph pauline

Pauline and Ralph

foxy

Paul

robert carol

Carol and Robert

angie grace

Angela and Grace

family

john

John

jessica

Jessica

grace

Grace

graeme

Graeme

At some point in the proceedings Dad and I did speeches, (video below), only to be heckled by Marie!

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Marie and Andy

whiles

The Whiles clan

shirley cherril

Shirley (the artist) and Cherril

judith

Judith

table 6

Allan, Brian and Chris

jc

Jonathon

ken

Ken

ruth june

Ruth and June

katherine chris

Katherine and Chris

martin

Martin

dinner time
On the Sunday (the actual anniversary day) the close family members had lunch at The Tiger.

andy pauline

Pauline and Andy

dad

Dad

mum

Mum

gareth graeme

Gareth and Graeme

sisters

Carole, Pauline and Shirley

jc

Jonathon

Totally full of food, it was time to go our separate ways having had a really fun weekend.

Time to start planning the next one now!

paul marie mum

Paul, Marie and Mum

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