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08:30 on Friday morning - Vanessa gets her hair, nails and other body parts groomed at Geneve's.
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On the way to Eastwell Manor in the Riley, and not a single electrical fault all the way there. Or fires.
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Alfie & Trish set up to take photographs of Vanessa's arrival, while Dan rummages
around to find Eddy's buttonhole. Not nervous at all at this point, honest!
11:40am - Dan, Ben & Nick wait in the gazebo as guests start to arrive in the garden.
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Dave, Jacqui and Andy in Eastwell Manor courtyard as they arrive for the ceremony.
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Maria & Margaret Horton arrive at Eastwell. Maria was one of our eminent guest speakers
and read a (completely non-religious) passage from The Prophets beautifully.
Dan in his last moments of bachelorhood, on his way out to the Maid's Garden.
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Dan with his grandmother, Joan Horton.
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Vanessa and Dan sign the Marriage Register.
Vanessa's sisters Gail and Tara witness the marriage, while Dan, still slightly stunned, grins inanely in the background!
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Stringendo provided the excellent background music throughout the day - Vanessa walked up the aisle to Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, and we both departed to Bittersweet Symphony.
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The Groombridge family watch the ceremony.
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Charlotte and Shanice.
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Well, the bridge was there... we had to walk across it!
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Dan & Vanessa leave the Maids' Garden and head for the terrace and a drink!
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The lawns of Eastwell Manor, on Friday 21st July 2000, at 12.30pm - guests are enjoying drinks on the terrace while Stringendo play
a variety of music from Vivaldi to Madonna. Dan & Vanessa are whisked away by Alfie & Trish to have photographs taken.
Dan takes a quick swig of Dave's whiskey on the terrace.
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Eddy and Dan chat on the steps down to the lawn.
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Dan and his sister Vickie.
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Oliver and Charlotte on their way to steal some cars while the adults get drunk.
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Craig & Camilla Anderson brought along their amusing life-size Comedy Dave cut-out.
Mr Michael & Mrs Jayne Horton-Szar at Eastwell Manor.
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Mr Steve Booth and Miss Vickie Horton-Szar.
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Dan thought Vanessa's lipstick was looking a little too pristine, and decided to smudge it.
The Horton-Szars were delighted with their new house...
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Dan & Vanessa Horton-Szar, Eddy Greene and Valerie Evans.
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The two dads - Mr Michael Horton-Szar and Mr Adrian (Eddy) Greene.
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Dan's two nans - Mrs Joan Horton and Mrs Barbara Szar.
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On the lawn for photographs - from the left: Nick Sherwin, Dan Horton-Szar, Charlotte Holt, Ben Hunter,
Vanessa Horton-Szar, Vickie Horton-Szar and Shanice Cole.
Vickie, Shanice and Vanessa pose for photographs.
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Dan and Vanessa. Again.
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Everyone posing on the steps for the group photograph...
Nick, Eddy, Dan & Ben - Men at Moss Bros...
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Dave's smile was ever so slightly unnerving.
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Drinks on the terrace - Nathan, Gail, Tara, Alex and Mel in the foreground. Zanna, Valerie, Shanice and Oliver
are visible in the background.
Lottie and Vanessa.
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Adam and Alan Foster.
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About to leave Eastwell Manor in the Riley. Next stop the Reception at the Chaucer Hotel.
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