January 2013 | Ideal Bride Magazine
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Vintage Travel: Nicola & Ben
Nicola Smith (32) and Ben Fenton (38) met in Cairo whilst both on the same group tour around Egypt and Jordan in April 2007. Nicola says: " We both got on really well, but as we were both shy it …

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Picture Perfect : Jodie & Ollie
Jodie King (nee Wilkinson), 28 and Ollie King, 29 Live in Beckenham, Kent, though we’re both from West Bridgford in Nottingham. They met at school when Jodie was 16 and Ollie was 17. They were in the …

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Garden Party Wedding: Alex & Dan
Alex Holloway (51) and Dan Rye (42) from Winchester met in 2000 when they both worked for the same company. In 2003 the couple set up their own vinyl graphics printing company, HollGraphics Ltd, which…

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Beach Proposal: Bethany & John
John O’Donoghue & Bethany Cole, 26 and 25 respectively, have been together for 8 years. They met at college at the end of their a-levels when they both moved to university; John to Loughborough Univer…

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Secret Garden: Allana & Daniel
Allana and Daniel met through mutual friends, they began talking on a night out which led to their first date to the cinema and the rest is history. Allana tells us about Daniel’s romantic proposal &q…

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Caribbean Queen: Victoria & Darren
Victoria Rogers, 31, from Essex and Darren Pughsley, 31, from Cambridgeshire have been together for nine years, after meeting at university. Victoria says of the proposal "Darren was meant to pro…

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A Personal Touch: Nicci & Rich
Nicci, 28 and Rich, 30 met through mutual friends 12 years ago in Nottingham where they both lived. Since meeting they have emigrated to Australia, where they have lived for 2 years and have both beco…

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Winter Wonderland: Carol and Jonathan
Carol & Jonathan met in February 2003 whilst both working for the same company. When their office closed in the June of that year Jonathan & Carol stayed in touch, by November 2003 the pair we…

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Parisian Proposal: Jacqui and Gareth
It was October 2005 at The Venue, Leighton Buzzard when Jacqui met Gareth and blew him away with her smile. Gareth knew he had to live up to Jacqui’s expectations of a ‘movie romance’ proposal; whilst…