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Dream will come true for one couple Entries have poured in for the Western Gazette Win a Wedding competition. The Western Gazette has pulled together the finest wedding suppliers across Somerset and Dorset to help create the perfect stress-free wedding day worth £8,000. Here are the finalists that are hoping to win your votes.
Robin Brown Amy Webb CHARD
1001 When and where did you meet? “We met at high school in our first year, we were in the same class.” Was it love at first sight? Amy said: “For him, yes, for me not so much because he was a bit of a show off at school which put me off him completely.” How did he propose? Amy said: “It was Christmas Day and there was a massive box left until last. It was filled with polystyrene balls so I had to dig for a tiny box, when I found it he took it off me, got
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ROBIN BROWN & AMY WEBB
BRUCE MORRIS & CLAIRE MITCHELL
IAN CANHAM & EMILY JEFFERSON
CHRIS WATSON & EMMA NOAKE
later we are still together, in that time we have had some really tough years but we never gave up. We are definitely each other’s backbone!” How do you know your relationship is going to last? Amy said: “He’s the only man I’ve ever been in love with and I’m the only woman he’s ever been in love with. We couldn’t imagine a world without each other.”
away. In February 2003 we became a couple.” Was it love at first sight? “Not at first but after several dates and evenings together we knew it was more than just a physical attraction.” How did he propose? Claire said: “A cup of tea and Marmite on toast in bed, a single rose and a Valentine’s card saying to my fiancée. The ring is just perfect, exactly what I would have chosen.” What makes you the perfect couple? “We love each other for who we are. Both of us are committed to our two children, home and family. Together we support each other through whatever life has and will throw at us.” How do you know your relationship is going to last? “We have been together for 12 years and as with all couples we’ve had our ups and downs, but our love and commitment
to each other has made our relationship stronger, our bond is unbreakable.”
me one of hers. We decided getting engaged would be an incentive to getting better. “The transplant made me diabetic which was really hard. Ian’s family helped us through it. Ian proposed on Christmas Eve with our families around us.”
Bruce Morris Claire Mitchell down on one knee and asked me to marry him – everyone was there!” What makes you the perfect couple? “We are the perfect couple because we got together so young and nearly eight years
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1002 When and where did you meet? Claire said: “We met in October 2002 in a night club. Bruce was serving behind the bar while I was dancing the night
Ian Canham Emily Jefferson ASHILL
1004 When and where did you meet? “We first met at college back in late 2000. We were on a course together. We were both really nervous and shy.” Was it love at first sight? Emily said: “Pretty much – he was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend. We just clicked and were friends first then we quickly realised it was much more.” How did he propose? Emily said: “I had just had a kidney transplant, mum gave
What makes you the perfect couple? Emily said: “We have both been through so much, we both have learning disabilities. Ian has cerebral palsy and I have a chromosome disorder. We support each other, and make each other happy despite everything. We are so lucky, to have found each other.” How do you know your relationship is going to last? “We’ve been together for nearly 15 years, and through some very challenging health problems. We have come through it all, and it has made us even stronger as a couple.”
s m o r P 2015 We’re publishing a special photographic supplement celebrating school proms across our area inside your Western Gazette.
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