Tim and Joanne's Wedding Poems

During the service at the Weybridge registry Office, Tim's mother Christine read out a poem she had written for this special occasion. It is transcribed below.

RECIPE FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE

Tell her you love her every day,

Kiss her good morning and goodnight,

Keep faith with her throughout the years,

Sharing happiness, joys and tears.

Tell him you love him every day,

Kiss him good morning and goodnight.

Keep faith with him throughout the years,

Sharing happiness, joys and tears.

Be true to each other in word and in deed,

Let each others' happiness be your creed,

Whatever happens in your future life,

Stand together as husband and wife,

For no one else can take from you,

A love that is steadfast and grows ever new,

For love that is patient and always kind

Will unite you in heart and in mind.

As you embark on your new life together

We your parents and friends share your happiness too,

Our good wishes and love will surround you always,

Not just on this happiest day of days.

Whilst Noel read out the following poem as part of his 'Father of the Bride speech'

Love

by
Roy Croft

I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am when I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what you have made of yourself,
But for what you are making of me.

I love you for
the part of me that you bring out

I love you because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good,
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.

You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it by being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
being a friend means, after all.

The rest of the poem is quite long you can find it on the internet but I thought that it made an awful lot of sense.

Tim and Joanne's Wedding 7th November 2009

Well, for the last few days we have been gearing up for the wedding of Tim and Joanne and finally the day has arrived. The sun was shining as Joanne left to have her hair done, then after a light snack for lunch we all headed off to the Weybridge Registry office for the formal part of the day.
The service was about 30 minutes long and was in a very nice room which easily allowed the 30 people who attended space to see the action. We then went outside for photographs in the sun, Yes the sun was shining all day and the temperature was around 13C, not bad for November.
Following the official part of the day we all departed to the Hurtwood Inn Hotel which is located approximately 25 miles away in Peaslake near Guildford. This is a beautiful part of the country and the Hotel is surrounded by rolling hills filled with sheep.
The reception was quite small just close family and friends, making for a lovely intimate occasion. The Hotel did a sterling job in keeping the event running and provided a lovely buffet which we all enjoyed.
The speeches were opened by Tim and then Joanne followed by David, Tim's elder brother who said that it was impossible to find any faults with Tim for him to expand on. Noel then did his Father of the Bride speech which had humour, facts, more humour and then an initiation for Tim into the Groves very special 'Parrot Club'.
As this was always going to be a quiet and private function Noel had some tricks up his sleeve including T-Shirts for the men with old photos of Joanne as a Brownie and Tim in his Robin Hood outfit, both photos were taken when they were about seven years old. Noel also had two shirts which were covered with other photos of Joanne at varying ages,these were worn to great effect by Noel and Michael.
In the evening a few other friends arrived for a quiet drink in the private room and the event finished about midnight when everybody was getting a little tired.
On Sunday morning we all left the Hotel around 11.30 and then Joanne and Tim were heading off to Dunster in Devon for their honeymoon for one week.
We wish them well in their new life together as man and wife.

NB. All wedding photos are on the Phanfare Picture Blog, so follow the link to
http://noelgroves.phanfare.com/4432050#imageID=85879007

The Albert Hall

Joanne was participating in the Cancer Research Charity function being organised at the Albert Hall last Saturday with 1600 other Choir members and musical support from Grime Thorpe Colliery Band and Brighouse and Rastrick Band.
Prior to arriving at the Albert Hall we did a little shopping in Kensington and then went to Whole Foods to have a look round and then decided to have a light dinner in the pasta restaurant. A starter and main course for us both and a nice bottle of wine all for £ 37.00 was not bad and NO tips!!
The Albert was pretty much full for this event and as we had left it a little bit late to book our tickets we were located very close to the British Airways 747 flying over the top of the building. The huge organ was magnificent if not a little loud as it easily outplayed the 1600 voices as times. The Bands were great and really excelled when they played tunes that they new very well and not the songs picked for the occasion.
Perhaps the excess heat of the building which tends to rise and partly affected  my views a lilttle but to it was such a shame not have more well known tunes than they did as both the choir and the band excelled with the well known more popular pieces. I understood it took three years to organise  this concerty which may have been due to the conductor apparently keep changing his mind over the songs to be sung and favoured some from his Yorkshire home rather than those well known in the rest of the country..
A number of people werre being treated for heat by the St Johns Ambulance and so I am not sure what happened to the air conditioning, or perhaps there is none, in this beatifull building where so much has been spent on renovation.

As it was Halloween there were many parties obviously taking place and there were lots of late teens and early to late twenties dressed up for the evening and perhaps it was all these ghouls that stopped the underground running efficiantly. Standing on the platform to hear the announcments of the parts of the tube network not running that night, makes me worry how they will cope with the Olympics!!!