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Is the UK ready to embrace the global craze for eco chic green weddings? These days green weddings are status symbols which usually cost upwards of 20% more than normal weddings. Invitations are written with vegetable ink, flowers are locally grown, the rings are made with gold mined in ethical ways and the wedding dress is ...
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We are very pleased to introduce a couple of our recent new arrivals to WeddingVenues.com. Joining us from the beautiful setting of the Lake District on Lake Windermere is the Burnside Hotel. Stocked with plenty of comfy rooms, spectacular views and lovely gardens, the Burnside is a hotel large enough ...
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Spring is in the air and WeddingVenues.com is being besieged by new venues from around the country eager to share their best bib and tucker with our brides and grooms to be. Here's a selection of our newest members to join the WeddingVenues.com family. To view all the latest venues click on ...
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Here are a selection of great wedding venue ideas from the beating heart of England, The Midlands.With it's rather unassuming name, The Plough and Harrow in Birmingham is a charming hotel. Built in the early 1700s it's been a popular ...
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Are you under 25 and planning a wedding this year? High Quality Documentary makers, Rare Day have been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a series of five films about growing up in Britain today. Each film will be a hopeful and inspiring story about young people who are going through a transition in their ...
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A pavilion is an object of pleasure. Built with the intention of providing pretty views, thirst quenching refreshments, or simply a place to relax, a pavilion is a place of happiness. Best known as the resting place and viewing gallery of local sporting events, particularly cricket, on to grander scales such as the pleasure palace that ...
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I have fond memories of my school days. Not the joys of learning through Chaucer's Canterbury Tales or Shakespeare's Sonnets, but sweet and innocent romances played out at break times, gazing into the eyes of Thomas Clark, and holding hands with Mark Stranks (not at the same time). Many schools and universities now cater for weddings, and ...
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The latest addition to WeddingVenues.com is a branded group page. Every venue has a link at the top right of its page that takes you to a list of all the venues in the group.Until now, this has just been a list of names linking to the relevant page. Groups now have the ...
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Yesterday saw the airing of the latest episode of Country House Rescue on Channel 4. This week they came to the aid of Heath House in Staffordshire. Heath House is an amazing country house with a fascinating history. The owners have lived in the area for over 13 ...
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A few days ago, the government released figures for the number of weddings held in 2008. The headlines looked grim. The BBC’s web site ran with “Marriage rate falls to lowest since records began”. The Guardian has “I don’t: Marriage rates crash to all time low”. Bad news for a web ...
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