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WHO WILL WIN ? The Herald are asking our readers to vote for who they’d like to Win a Dream Wedding at Langdon Court. The couples in this supplement have all jumped at the chance to win this spectacular prize on offer – a dream wedding valued at approximately £20,000! Langdon Court is offering the Bride and Groom a winter wedding on 10th November 2017. The wedding will be for 50 day guests and an additional 20 evening guests. Prize will include: a suite for the Bride & Bridesmaids the night before the Wedding, Exclusive hire of Langdon Court on the day with a Civil Ceremony either inside or outside, a drinks package, 3 course wedding breakfast and evening buffet, cake stand and knife, plus Bridal suite overnight with a bottle of Prosecco. A complete DREAM package worth £7,500!!! We also have everything else needed to make a DREAM Wedding from our Sponsors listed below.
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A RECORD-BREAKING number of couples have put themselves forward for a chance of being the lucky winners of The Herald’s fifth ‘Win A Dream Wedding’ and they need your votes to make their wishes come true.
The Herald and Drake’s jewellers have once again joined forces in the competition which offers a total prize package worth an incredible £20,000. Today you can read about all the entrants and their reasons for entering in the hope of securing the perfect day at the luxurious Langdon Court, a 16th century manor house hotel just outside Plymouth. An incredible 230 couples have entered to win the extensive package, which not only includes the exquisite manor house venue, just a short walk from Wembury Cove, but also a drinks package, three-course wedding breakfast, evening buffet, £2,000 to spend at Drake’s jewellers, wedding dress, suit hire, a photographer and so much more. Voting begins now for the perfect winter wedding, set to take place on November 10 this year, so get behind your favourite couple by collecting voting tokens printed every day from March 20 until April 12, and ensure they have a day to remember. The 10 couples who receive the most votes will be shortlisted, with the winners chosen by our panel of judges on Sunday, May 21. Emma Ede, wedding co-ordinator at Langdon Court, told The Herald: “We are absolutely thrilled to be providing our beautiful venue as the setting for the lucky couple’s dream wedding day. Langdon Court is one of the prettiest houses in South Devon, beautiful gardens, close to the beach.” The prize package this year is going to be
bigger than ever with added entertainment extras for creating your dream wedding. The wedding venue plans to provide the bride and groom with everything they could want on their big day including a suite for the bride and bridesmaids in the evening leading up to the wedding, exclusive hire of Langdon Court on the day with a civil ceremony either inside or outside. A drinks package, three-course wedding breakfast and evening buffet will also be included with a luxury cake stand, plus a bridal suite over-night with a bottle of prosecco to calm any last-minute butterflies. The complete dream package from the hotel will be worth an incredible £7,500. Industry experts will also be on hand to take the stress away and provide advice on everything from a wedding dress, to suit hire, a photographer and so much more. Drakes Jewellers will be providing the worthy-winners £2,000 to spend in-store to choose the rings and bridal jewellery to compliment the day.
Drakes director Monique Hirshman said: “It is once again wonderful to be involved with Win a Dream Wedding. It is so well supported by the local community and it is lovely to see everyone getting behind it.” The entertainment package is new to the wedding this year and will include live music from The Swing Kings, magic from Dan Brazier and your very own bouncy castle for the reception by Elite Bounce. This year’s lucky couple will also be whisked off to Tregenna Castle in St Ives for a mini-moon. Herald editor Paul Burton said: “Continuing our partnership with Drakes, we are bringing another fantastic package for one very lucky couple to win. “Every year we all get excited to see who is going to enter because it’s great to be able to offer this life changing prize to someone. “We’ve had the pick of the best prizes again this year with so many local businesses giving so generously – so a massive thank you to them all for taking part.”
BIG DAY: The couples entering The Herald’s Win A Dream Wedding competition are vying to secure the prize of the perfect day at the luxurious Langdon Court, a 16th century manor house hotel
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James Ewing & Lisa Gowing
Kirstie Eyres & Edward Haynes
Jonathan Fane & MadisonWhite
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We would love to win our dream wedding as we cannot wait to be husband and wife and start spending the rest of our lives together!
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We are childhood sweethearts and have been together ten years and engaged for five years. We would love to win this as we have a one year old and would love to all share the same name. We would love to be married before we continue to grow our family.
True love travels! Together since 2012, Jonathan is from Plymouth; Madison, from Texas. We became engaged in August 2016. We’d like to have our dream wedding actualized- uniting us, families, and cultures. It would enable us to sow the seeds of our future in the place we both call home.
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James Farleigh & Darren Bowley
Jennie Farmer & Josh Cook
Natalie Flood & Ian Cooper
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We would love to win this package because this is our dream venue. To be made husbands would make our dreams come true, We are so happy to find happiness after years of unhappiness.
We have been together for almost two years, meeting through our joint hobby of performimg. We becoming engaged on New years Eve watching the London Eye fireworks! We were young loves but life got in the way and many years laterwe got back together and here we are buying our first house and longing for a big white wedding surrounded by family and friends.
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I love my partner very much, he is out of work, i work in care. I lost both my grandads within 12 months whilst having our first child. I have good memories at Langdon Court with them and would love to get married there but could never afford it.
Sue Ford & Vic Cox
Kori Francis & MariaVazquez Alvarez
Sian French & Mason O’Brien
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We have been together 22 years and I proposed last year on February 29. He agreed to marry me (phew) but we have got no further to doing the deed. Our son is coming up to two years in July and we both really just want to settle down and live happily ever after together.
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I would love to win this for my fiance maria who is from Spain but has been living here for five years, four of them with me. We wanted to get married this year but the funds are not there as we have a baby girl on the way in June. I lost my grandad who was like my best friend and its been horrible saying goodbye. A wedding would be the perfect place to unite our families.
It would be an absoulte dream to win the wedding. It would mean the world to us to tie the knot as saving up with a little one and a house is hard work. Would be nice for us to have a break and enjoy this.
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Zoe Furini & James Brown
Frances Geall & StaceyTonkin
Amber Gilley & Matthew Belcher
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I met James last May, we fell for each other before we had even met.. It’s been a whirlwind but we both knew from the off that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together. He is a very special man I couldn’t imagine life without him.
As a lesbian couple, winning would not only be amazing for me and my partner but also show Plymouth’s acceptance of all diversity. We are the epitome of love and unfortunately cannot afford the wedding we dream of so would be extremely greatful to share our love with Plymouth
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We can’t wait to get married and this is our dream venue. We are so in love and just want everything to be perfect and know it will be if we win or not. Good luck to all that have entered.
Chloe Gilpin & Ashley Barnes
Katharine Gooch & David Cross
Caryn Grant & Andrew Cracknell
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We would love to win our dream wedding. We were childhood sweethearts who got together age 14. We both work and I am also studying at uni so it’s so difficult to save for our dream wedding. We would really love for it to be a day to remember and this would be an absolute dream come true!
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David & Kat deserve a dream wedding. David works very long, hard hours and Kat is a stay at home mum to Layla. They’re a beautiful family and always there to help. I’m so proud of them and want the best for them.
We would absolutely love to win this because, realistically thinking, we may end up staying engaged forever never affording an actual wedding. There’s always something more important that crops up and our savings never amount to much. Ie school trips, car issues. This literally would be a dream come true.
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Nina Greatrex & Thomas Collins
Malise Green & ShauneWhite
Charlotte Greensmith & Daniel Edwards
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We have been together for two years and engaged for six months.Tom proposed to me on a mountain in Kos, I was So overwhelmed! We are trying to save for the wedding of our dreams but it is difficult when we are trying to save to buy our first home too!
Neither of us believed in love and it only came to light that on the 9th of February 2017 when we both told each other how we felt, it was overwhelming. Sharing a name and having that feeling for the rest of our life would be like a fairy tale.
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We are ardworking, new parents who are seeking to seal our nine-year relationship with a beautiful white wedding. We both work extremely hard to provide the best possible life for our daughter and would love to be able to complete our family with marriage with the love we have for each other.
Emma Grills & Matthew Andrews
Darren Guppy & OliviaWebster
Thomas Ham & Nicole Damerell
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We would LOVE to win this wedding. We all want nothing more than to have the same surname. We have been engaged for a few years now but haven’t been able to get the money to get married for many reasons. It would complete our little family.
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I would like to win our dream wedding because my future wife deserves nothing less than the best. Unfortunately, as Olivia is studying nursing, it’s not something we will be able to afford for a long time.
It would be my dream come true if we was to win. My Dad sadly passed away so without him being able to help pay towards the wedding we wouldn’t be able To afford a wedding for long time . Please choose us as your winning couple :)
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Kimberley Hancock & Matthew Fitzpatrick
Lew Hand & Leanne Squires
Anthony Harper & Demi O’Connor
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In the last year we have been through so much together. We have known each other for eight years together for just over a year. We have a baby together and 3 other children between us. I’ve found my ‘one’ 110%. we’d never be able to afford a wedding like this. I feel we could show ‘youngsters’ true love is out there.
With our second child due in a few weeks our wedding has been put on hold! We would love to win this as this would be a amazing place to get married.
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We have been together for 4 years and have just bought our first house, he made the proposal perfect, so the dream wedding would literally be the icing on the cake!
Dave Harris & Sian Baynes
Lauran Harris & Daniel Freemont
Tiana Harrison & ReeceWilliams
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We are a young hard working honest couple who have been together for over 10 years. We have three beautiful daughters between us but have always put the children’s needs before ourselves and saving for a wedding. We have always dreamed of a wedding in a stunning location like yours so please pick us and our girls to spend our special day with you.
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We have been engaged for five years and have three beautiful kids, one of whom has a serious illness and we almost lost three times. All our time and money has been spent on hospital stays and things for our girl. I want to marry my best friend but feel it will never happen please help
We would love to win a dream wedding as my father is unwell and we would love to be able to get married this year and have the most magical day. We have had nothing but bad luck this last year with Reece’s dad passing away suddenly and my dad becoming so poorly. It would really make our dreams come true!
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Kieran Hart & Rosie Cooke
Ashley Hazeldine & NigelThomas
David Hedges & Danielle Minchella
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After spending the most amazing and emotiona five years together, we now have three beautiful girls and it would just make our lives and family complete to finally become husband and wife. We have always dreamed of a big, extravagant wedding and we would love to be given the chance to win this amazing experience to get married in the way we have always dreamed of.
We knew straight away we were meant to be but it hasn’t been an easy road. We are currently back at my parents house to save for our own house but are struggling to save. We have been engaged for six years but Nige has an expensive hobby (stock car) which has been priority as I won’t make him give up what he loves- his passion, for a wedding but it’s a dream to have that celebration of love.
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We’ve been together since the age of 16- six years for a young couple shows true meaning. We got engaged in July 2015. We are so dedicated to each other at such a young age, we are both saving all of our money to get a mortgage for a house so we can start a family once we are married.
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Michelle Hockey & Chris Codd
Natasha Hockless & Chris Bull
Jemma Hodge & Thomas Stone
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I proposed to Chris on leap year day last year at Glazebrook House in front of everyone. It was so romantic and I planned it for months in advance. I would love for us to have a romantic wedding to follow up the proposal and make the memories perfect.
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After been together for 12 years and having 2 children a wedding just took a backseat for us. We have a 6 year old child with cerebral palsy and a 10 month old baby and funds just won’t allow too plan a wedding. We have tried several times but things always need to come first. We would love too win our dream wedding as it seems our day will never come.
how could you possibly sum up just how much you love and want to marry somebody in 50 words? For me that’s impossible! All I can say is a life without Tom is no life at all and to win this beautiful wedding would be a living dream.
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Jemma Holloway & Scott Pitt
Ellie Holmes & PearceThompson
Kirsty Honey & Wayne Jarvis
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We have been together for nearly 10 years, we have a five year old boy, our own house but getting married would complete us. We give so much to our son and family we don’t think about ourselves. We work as many hours as god gives to allow our son to have a great life so Getting married would be a dream come true for not only us but for our son and family.
We have been together for nearly five years and are still madly in love. We would love to have the opportunity to be married in this beautiful venue. We talking about where/when to get married and this is such a gorgeous venue it would suit us both perfectly. We would love this amazing opportunity!
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Our daughter will soon turrn two and it would be magical for us all. We want to share the same last name to become complete and spend the rest of our lives remembering how lucky we are to have the most incredible day and each other.
Marc Honey & Sally Birch
Matthew Hoskin & Tayseer Elmaghdy
KimberleyRachelHowes& DanielChristopherHarding
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We would love a perfect day but due to finances and because only one of us can work full time (due to caring for our disabled son) we are struggling to save for the special day.
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A few years ago I was featured in The Herald Get Hired scheme to help me find employment. Four years later it would be fitting to get married to the love of my life in a simalar way .... please help us fulfil our dream of marriage.
We would like to win our dream wedding because it seems like a dream which keeps getting further away. We had a tough 2016 and this would be put a spin on 2017.
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Anthony Inglis & Georgina Leadbetter
Stephen James & Chloe Mumford
Shiva Jani & Lorelei Rose
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I have been poorly and hospitalised quite a few times and it’s been very hard to sort my wedding out. Winning this opportunity of our dream wedding would be so amazing and would take a lot of stress off my health. But I know I’d be marrying the love of my life and be able to feel beautiful for just one day.
I have been with steve for 5 years end of this month, it has been a very rough ride with people accepting our relationship. We have two children together also steves two other children live with us. Money very tight with all the children. I would like to win to tie the knot with the one I love. Also I would love the same last name to the people that are my world.
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Winning this dream wedding would really be a DREAM!! I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to have such a man as I do. He has stood by me through literally the worst of things and never let go of my hand. Shiva saved me in so many ways! Winning this wedding would make our dreams come true. I love him and I love our children.
Kellie Johns & James Hopkin
Carl Johnson & Abigail Jeanes
Annie Johnson & Daniel Plant
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We have both been through so much. My husband to be had a bad accident at work 3 yrs ago and was in a coma for 3 mths. He had to learn to walk, talk read and write all over again. He has made a massive recovery through a lot of hard work by himself. I want him to have the best day of his life that he can remember as he struggles to remember a lot of his past now due to the brain damage. This would make myself him and both families the happiest families ever.
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We would love to win our dream wedding.! We have been together for six years and have two beautiful children! Freddie aged two and Elodie who is two months old! We almost lost Elodie during birth as she had a true knot in her umbilical cord so it would be so magical to spent it together as a family.
Throughout our relationship we’ve had more to cope with than the average couple, I suffer with Crohn’s disease (have a permanent ileostomy). Daniel joined the Royal Marines, just over 4.5 years together and it would mean the world to have our dream wedding and finally be married to one another.
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Kelly Leonard & ScottWyllie
Krissie Lewis & Adam Osmond
Clive Light & Melissa Cook
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Me and Scott will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this year we finally set up home together in November 2016. Now getting married would be the icing on the cake but funds just haven’t allowed it as of yet.
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Me and my partner have been together for three years. We’ve recently got our own place and had a beautiful baby boy called Reubyn. It’s all so expensive and we can’t afford to get married this year as we had planned. We want to tie the knot and become a proper family!
We have been together for eight years and always wanted our dream wedding but due to my health I can not work so it’s only Clive that works. We would love the oppotunity to be Mr and Mrs and have the wedding we have always dreamed about.
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Neil Lobb & Kimberley Gilbert
Adam Lowther & KayleighWinters
Helen Marks & IanWilliams
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We truly believe that our love for each other is stronger than anyone else’s we know. We have had a very tough year trying for a baby which has left us devastated after multiple miscarriages. Winning this wedding would mean everything to us and would prove that something positive can happen.
We have been in love since we were 16, and now have baby boy, it’s the right time...
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An ode to old’ Shes too old to be a centrefold but she is the love of his life, his hair is too long he has been told, they will make the perfect husband and wife. They need luck to win this fabulous prize, then their glamorous transformation will be such a surprise!
Tomas Marsh & Charmaine Knowles
Natasha Martin & RichardWorth
Christopher Masters & Sharon Nicholson
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We would like to win our dream wedding as we have through a lot of heart ache and pain in our pasts. We have finally found true love in one another. Neither of us have married before and when we marry we’ve marry for life.
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When you find that one special person who you can see spending the rest of your life with, your best friend and one true love you want to show everyone how much that special person means to you. To celebrate with friends and family on that one special day that you become mr and mrs and memories you will treasure forever and always.
My partner and I have never had a holiday. I have disabilities and hehad to give up his job to care for me. We can only afford to live and there is no money at all for luxuries. My dream is to marry my very special caring partner, who has given up everything for me and my kids, and pets.
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Natasha Maylam & Robert Mitchell
Daniel Mcculloch & Danielle Molyneux
Bethany Mcewen & Ryan Stone
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The only way im going to get this guy to propose and marry me is if the wedding is free. For us getting married is the final piece of the puzzle to complete our family.
Myself and Dan have always dreamed of our special day together, we would truly love this opportunity of happiness. We have been together now almost eight years and overcome many big barriers as a family, Dan has been my rock. Due to my health conditions I’m currently out of work and this dream seems like a very distant memory to come, we would love to be considered for this great opportunity.
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We would absolutely love to win our dream wedding as we have been through some really tough times! We fell pregnant July 2015, and from then until our beautiful boy was born in March 2016 we had to deal with Ryan losing his job and moving back into our parents! Life isn’t easy with a house full but we are saving for a mortgage and can’t get married as well as we just can’t afford it, this would be a dream come true.
Simon Mcgowan & Kerry Grove
Jessica Mclean & Calum Smith
Rachael Menyena & Richie Mullin
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I would love to win this wedding to marry my soul mate my best friend my everything to give her the best day. We want to spend the rest of our lives side by side in love, always making each other happy smile and laugh for eternity.
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We got engaged in October 2015 (aged 18 and 19). We have dreamt of getting married after only being together a few weeks and with Calum currently going through his application to become part of the British army, it’s even more a dream to get wed before he leaves for training. It really would complete our family.
Winning this competition would be the final hurdle for our family. After doing everything, in the traditional terms, in reverse by having children then buying a house first, this opportunity of a having our dream wedding would complete our perfect little family.
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Sophie Miller & Chris Shepheard
Emily Molloy & Nathan Bryant
Steve Mooney & Krystal Ankers
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Chris proposed New Year’s Day 2016 on Polzeath beach. We’ve been together 4 years and have a son Rory age 2. We hoped to get married and have a winter wedding in 2017 but we’ve bought our first home and are now expecting a second son! We’d love to be married but with children especially, life seems to pass by too quickly, and they cost a fortune (both weddings and children)! Your package is amazing, it’s beyond anything we could ever achieve ourselves.
Nathan and I love the areas surrounding Langdon Court, regularly walking our dog here and surfing at Wembury. With Nathan leaving the Navy, winning this would enable us to have the dream wedding we could otherwise never afford. We’d love out families to celebrate with us in this perfect location.
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We would love to win because we have been dreaming of a perfect wedding since we first met, Between us we have three beautiful children and to share our special day with them would be our most amazing memory to date, It’s hard to save when u have children but this competition is what we have been waiting for We really hope you can help us plan our perfect winter wedding with our beautiful yet sometimes troublesome trio.
Michael Mooney & Liann Eyre
Rebecca Moore & Gary Ormerod
Sian Nelsen & Sean Dyson
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We would love to win this dream wedding, it would be absolutely amazing for us and our family. We got engaged on Valentine’s Day and have not long became a family with step children and blessed with our own son in October. This would be amazing.
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We had a difficult time a few years ago when Gary had to go back to his hometown after finishing university in Edinburgh to find a graduate job. We spent over a year apart and despite the distance we grew closer and knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.
I saw this competition on the day I lost my sister, I had been over with her in fine detail what I wanted on my big day but due to the expense of it always put it off. I feel like this is a sign that life is too short and sometimes there isn’t always a tomorrow. Just wish she could have been here to see it.
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Kayleigh Newton & Jack Bartram
Rory O’Farrell & Laura Davy
Daniel O’Hare & Kerry Spear
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Myself and my fiancé Jack would love to win our dream wedding at Langdon Court because the first time we visited we knew straight away it was the ‘one’ and that’s where we wanted to get married. In recent years myself and Jack have been through a lot with him being in the military and a few personal circumstances, we feel this would be the best thing for us and a great way to end 2017.
We would love to win the dream wedding due to perfect location being Langdon Court. My fiance is currently serving with the royal marines and is always deployed away and serving abroad so we have to treasure the time we have together. Planning a wedding whilst he is away is so hard, so to suprise him with a dream wedding would be the perfect gift.
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We have five young boys between us who will make amazing pageboys. We are currently in the middle of starting an established groundworks firm. In order to do this we’ve had to move in with Kerry’s parents. I love this woman and will do anything to enlighten our lives.
Nick Oliver & Michelle Higman
Kathryn Oliver & Sam Hulbert
Kirsty Oneill & Lee Hayman
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We found each other at work and connected straight away! We have been together since 2004. We got engaged a year later, had our daughter in 2006 and our son in 2010 to make our loving family complete! Due to limited finances, we are still waiting for the opportunity to tie the knot and complete our relationship with the marriage seal!
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Kate nearly died as a teenager from a rare form of cancer and is now registered disabled. During the process her fertility was affected, she is now facing ivf. In order to do this she has recently had a gastric band fitted as she has to lose weight. Sam is her sole mate and has stood by her and is ready to face all the future holds. She is an inspiration and deserves to be a princess for the day and marry her one true love and soul mate.
Who wouldn’t... Let’s start by saying how in love we both are. Obviously we want to spend the rest of our lives together. Very excited for the two of us to become one. Everything we both ever wanted in life has come true. “ you’ve got to miss it to appreciate it “
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Mark Packer & Gemma Isaac-Henwood
Emma Palmer & Ross Parsonage
Benjamin Parsonage & Gemma Pook
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We would really appreciate winning this as we are both second year mental health nursing students, money is always scarce even though we try and work alongside the degree to keep us afloat. Neither of us have the time or the money to get married, which is all we want.
Me and Ross have been together for 13 years and there’s no other man I would want to be with then him always talked of marriage would love it to become real.
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It would be magical for us to win our dream wedding. We’ve been together for 7 yrs and have become such a strong, supporting couple. But we’ve had nothing but bad luck since last year while trying to save for our wedding. Everything we do in our lives is devoted to each other we’re best friends and don’t rely on anyone but ourselves. We know exactly what we want for our wedding we’ve been planning it since the day Ben proposed to me.
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Zaida Rey & David Avent
Hannah Richards & Chris Durston
Ewen Roberts & Carli Strachan
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Me and David have been engaged for three years. We were due to get married on July 30 last year but had to cancel last minute as David is a self employed builder and due to finances it was not possible. I have a beautiful dress waiting under my bed to be worn and our five year old is desperate to be a bridesmaid.
We met in college at 16, did three years long distance at university, engaged three years and living in a bedroom with parents whilst trying to save for first home - marriage looks a long way away! We love each other to pieces; I want nothing more than being Mrs Durston.
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Devon is the most romantic ideal location for a dream wedding being by the beach and amazing countryside. As a couple we found love on Devon and Langdon Court has a special place in our hearts. This would be an amazing opertunity for us both to have such a fabulous venue to celebrate our special day and have all of our family join us.
Claire Roberts & RobYork
Andrew Rockey & Demelza Gunn
Julie Rogers & Henry Leigh
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1183
1184
Me and my partner have been together 14 years and have three children. We got engaged befor Christmas but are worried about getting married after looking at the costs. It would be a dream come true for us all as a family.
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We have been planning our wedding for the last two years but things keep coming up. We really are trying our hardest to get married.
After my first marriage broke down, I stayed single for 13 years and then met my Henry (we call him Harry). He surprised me at Christmas with an engagement ring. I’m so happy after a long nightmare and would love the happy fairy tale ending.
B#
Kim Rowe & Andrew Ackerman
Louise Rutter & Kevin Armitage
Emma Ryan & Jon Harrison
1185
1186
1187
I would like to win this for my sister and her partner. They have just come back from New Zealand as our mum is ill, which has cut short their dream. They used all their money to come home so don’t have wedding money.
We would love to win this wedding as it would be forever in our memories. I would love my fiancé to have the best possible day of his life.
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We have been though everything together for 10 years, good and bad and are still madly in love. We couldn’t be without each other even now we have two beautiful children and would love to have a day where we can celebrate our love with our family.
Linda Salmon & Glen Foley
Ryan Seymour & Charleigh Harrison
Rebecca Shaw & Wayne Slater
1188
1189
1190
Glen and I have been together for seven years, he is my soul mate. He is currently in hospital after having major surgery, previously he has been in and out of hospital for a spinal injury. He was in the Navy for 24 years and is now registered disabled, this would be our dreams come true.
B#
My fiancé is in the army so having this wedding would mean so much to the both of us and we would love the wedding of our dreams
We would like to win our dream wedding so we can finally be a proper family. Our son keeps asking when mummy and daddy are getting married as he wants us to have a special day.
B#
Louise Sheetz & Lee Laycock
Rebecca Shenton & Shane Margeson
Rachael Short & Jay Cowling
1191
1192
1193
Lee and Louise were childhood sweethearts. They’ve been together for over 21 years. They have four beautiful daughters together and are as loved up today as they were when they fell in love all those years ago on bonfire night. They represent true commitment, loyalty and devotion. True Soulmates.
To be honest because we can’t afford to pay for one ourselves. We have been engaged for three years and still no joy as one bill after another.
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We’ve known each other for four years. In October 2016 we bought our son into the world, but due to complications we both nearly didn’t make it, which resulted in me having two further operations which I also nearly didn’t come through. To win this amazing package would be unreal! It would mean we can move to a nice forever home and have the perfect wedding all in the same year.
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Kieron Sly & Heather Armstrong
Ryan Smith & JodieWeeks
Elizabeth Smith & Vincent Glinn
1194
1195
1196
It would mean the world for our family to be tied with the same last name, finally. I recently gave birth to our daughter and nearly lost my life from a major haemorrhage. I’m so blessed to still be here today and it’s just made us stronger as a couple. We would love to finally get married.
B#
Before Jodie, I was nobody with no aspirations, she pushed me to better myself and stood by me with no job. She supports me in a career that is tough on her emotionally and keeps our home running. She deserves to be treated like the princess I know she is.
We would love our dream wedding, we’ve planned our it and started saving on several occasions but something always seems to get in our way. We have three daughters and after ten years of me and vince being together it’s time we all shared the same name.
B#
Chris Smith & Charlotte Craig
Jade Smith & JohnToner
Amanda Smith & Stephen Reeves
1197
1198
1199
I don’t have much money, but Charlotte is the most incredible person I’ve ever met and I want her to have the wedding of her dreams because she puts up with me and is more than than I could ever have asked for.
I nominate Jade and John as they are the most beautiful, caring couple and deserve help to fulfil their wedding dream. At 17 Jade met John and his two gorgeous girls and they put aside their dreams to build their family. There time is now.
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I would love to marry my soul mate, the father to our daughter. We are nearly a complete family but being a husband and wife with the same name as our child would make our family complete. We have normal jobs but are unable to pay for a wedding of any sort. I believe we deserve this 100%! We would be the happiest family and it would be lovely to share this day with our families, especially mine as they live nearly 300 miles away.
Becca Speare & JoeWadge
James Sprules & Zoe Marshall
Mark Stacey & Polly Redmond
1200
1201
1202
We met when we were 16 and have been together 11 years. Our 12-year anniversary is November 1 so the wedding date would fit beautifully! We have two beautiful daughters aged three and one and we run our own business together. We have only ever spent two weeks apart from one another. We would love to get married however finances always get in the way.
B#
We would love to win this dream wedding. We have known each other since school and have been engaged for more than a year and wanting to get married in a dream place like Langdon Court, we would love our day to be special.
I would love to give my partner the dream wedding she deserves. I work full time and have three girls and could not afford a dream wedding. She has changed my life so much for the better. I want to give Polly her a day to remember.
B#
Nicolle Stacey & Kate Atkinson
Jed Stanbury & Laura Smith
Hannah Stewart & Peter Stewart
1203
1204
1205
Nicolle and Kate would love a beautiful wedding, with two young children and only Kate working it’s taking forever for them to save for their dream day. Kate’s brother has recently passed away and it has brought home more than ever that time with family is precious.
Laura and I would like to win because love is a great thing and we have that greatness and love coming out of our ears. We are a family of 10 and a grandson who we work hard for and we could think of nothing better than having a dream wedding to make a great relationship fantastic.
B#
We’ve been together for 14 years we have two children. We’ve been through a lot like most people but we face it together and everyone who knows us would love to see us finally tie the knot. We can’t afford a dream wedding but it’s something we would appreciate and cherish for the rest of our lives.
Suzanne Stewart & Matthew Mace
Naomi Stocks & Justin Goodman
Cameron Stuart & Helen Brierley
1206
1207
1208
Winning this competition would be the best thing I could wish for. Allowing me and my partner of nine years to finally be married, all my friends and family have been waiting for it to happen for a long time!! With finishing university to finding a new job and then moving house there is never enough money to start saving and this would be a massive help to getting the dream day.
B#
Winning a dream wedding would mean the world to us making our young family complete. With a toddler and another nearly here we don’t have the spare money to have a dream wedding.
My princess deserves the world and more and I want her to have the fairy tale wedding she deserves.
B#
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RebeccaWhitney & Edward Dixon
ZeniaWhittle & Paul Parker
YvonneWilday & Damien Lack
1226
1227
1228
We have always planned to get married “at some point” (engaged since 2015) but family was more important to us in terms of financial priorities. We are now pregnant with our second and still plan to have a wedding with our babies “at some point” but now with a house renovation on the cards (for the expanding family!) it’s getting further away. This would be an amazing win to celebrate all our happy times together so far.
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Me and Paul have been together for almost seven years with not a lot of money but a lot of love and cuddles. We have been engaged for just over a year but unfortunately we just don’t have the funds to become man and wife. We both want to express and celebrate our love with all our loved ones.
We are entering the competition to try to have our perfect day! Having grown up in the area, Yvonne is keen to have a wedding close to home with friends and family attending.
B#
KirstyWillcocks & Paul Phillips
MeganWilley & Daniel Herrera
MarkWilliams & AngelaTucker
1229
1230
1232
For Paul and I it was love at first sight; I’m so very glad we both swiped right. I’ll never forget when he fell to one knee, and I became his bride-to-be. Now all we need is our marital bliss; to stand at the altar, to seal with a kiss.
We would love to give our family and friends the opportunity to spend a wonderful day like this with us. Not only would we be hugely grateful but it would give us priceless memories to last a lifetime.
B#
Not our first marriages but now we have found our soul mates, it’s the right and last wedding. We have been together six years and I proposed to my fiancé on 29th February last year whilst he was in an induced coma recovering from double pneumonia. We would love to win a wedding.
SamanthaWilliams & Leigh Littley
ChantelleWilliams & Kye Millar
LauraWilson & John Francis
1233
1234
1235
We love each other unconditionally and we would be lost without each other. To win our dream wedding, which we cannot afford, so we can share our special day with our son, family and friends and have a day to remember, would be a blessing.
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We would love to win this wedding. We have been together for 12 years and have been wanting to get married for a long time but the money situation keeps getting in the way. Now we have our little boy Freddie after years of trying for a family it would be perfect to get married with our boy involved in what would be a perfect day.
We were born on the same day in the same hospital and first met when we were two and were childhood sweethearts. Having been engaged for two years and recently bought our own house we cannot afford a wedding. It would mean the world to us to win our dream wedding.
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JamieWindeatte & Ryan Fice
JodieWiseman & Stephen Matthews
AlexYates & Roxanne Stoneman
1236
1237
1241
Jamie and Ryan have been together over 10 yrs and have 2 beautiful children. They’ve been engaged for years but the wedding has been on the back burner due to Ryan building his successful electric company. With Jamie losing her step dad to cancer and Ryan’s dad becoming ill (thankfully now on the mend), I would love to see this beautiful couple get the wedding of their dreams. They always sacrifice everything for their family and friends and deserve the world.
It would be absolutely amazing for my partner and I to win this dream wedding. We have both been together for 12 years and we absolutely adore each other. We have two beautiful boys which are our world. To win this wedding would be a dream come true, it’s what we both have been waiting for.
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We are in love.We want to be married. Langdon Court is our dream wedding venue but we cannot afford it, with a daughter, car and mortgage to save for. We’ve both lost a parent and want a happy occasion for our families to come together for. We have been blessed with each other and now would like to be blessed with a dream wedding and for our families to be joined.
HermioneYates & Michael Burridge
RobertYork & Claire Roberts
TomYoung & Sarah Jell
1242
1243
1244
We love each other more than anything, we have found our soul mate and future in one and would like the perfect wedding to cap it all off, plus we are expecting our first baby and can’t afford the wedding.
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We have been together 14 years and have three children. Rob finally popped the question on New Year’s Eve and yes the answer was yes to won this would be a dream come true for the both of us and our theee girls we will finally be a family of Yorks.
We have been together 10 years in August and have been engaged for two. We would love to win this dream wedding as we would never be able to afford such a dream day. It would be a dream come true.
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TIME has flown by since the beautiful celebrations of last year’s Win A Dream Wedding winners Jodie Bance and Tom Blackler. Mr and Mrs Blackler’s special day was at Shilstone Manor where the stunning bride and dashing groom entertained family and friends at a sumptuous wedding breakfast and evening party. Here’s a flashback to some of the highlights of their day.
LouiseYoung & Stephanie Rogers
Sepideh Zafarpour & John Knight
Claire Hamilton & Anthony Quinn
1245
1246
1247
Its all we’ve ever wanted since we’ve been together. It would be a dream come true and would make us the happiest couple alive.
TylerWildman & Claire Clarke 1248 Recently got engaged on Christmas day and trying to save for our wedding is proving difficult, so we think winning this dream wedding would make our future more promising. Just having the opportunity to even apply for this makes the future brighter for us.
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To remember it in a best way possible.
B#
We feel its time for us to be married after 5 years. We’ve both had unhappy times & now we have found each other & are happy. I don’t know how I’d cope without him.
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