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Chilled wedding day

Lauren and Nate’s wedding day in Manchester was everything a wedding should be. It was chilled, fun, full of emotion and had amazing food and a wicked party. They did their wedding, their way and the over riding theme of the day was how much these two were head over heels for each other.

Pankhurst suite MAnchester

Lauren and Nate had their Ceremony in the Pankhurst Suite right in the heart of Manchester City Centre. We had planned to go around Manchester and get some cool urban photos around town, but Storm Amy had other ideas as the rain bounced down the streets of Manchester making the roads look a little bit more like rivers than anything we should try to walk down we decided to high tail to the pub just down the road instead and found ourselves a cosy little corner in Manchester’s infamous Nags Head.

Bride and groom smile joyously as they say their vows in Manchester registry office.

Bride and groom laughing looking at one and other

Bride and groom kiss in the Pankhurst suite manchester

Bride and Groom walk back down the aisle together after being married in their Manchester registry office small wedding laughing and smiling

The nags head

One of Manchester’s hidden gems the Nags head is an old fashioned pub with a big personality, it has a grungy, rocky vibes and it’s walls are covered in black and white photos of Manchester United Legend George Best. It was a great place to grab some drinks, relax and hide from the rain before we headed to the Hawksmoor Resturant for some fine dining and speeches.

The hawksmoor

The Hawksmoor is known for it’s delicious steak, seafood, cocktails, fancy vibes and hospitality. It’s a great place to go for a meal after a smaller wedding ceremony in Manchester as it has a small private function room, so you can still have speeches and all of those personal moments in private while the wonderful staff at the Hawksmoor make sure you have everything you need. The staff were great on hosting this day, making sure everyones glasses were filled and that food and service was coming in flow with the right rhythm so not to disturb the wonderful and tearful heartfelt speeches.

Bride and groom walk down the street laughing under an umbrella on a rainy wedding day in Manchester city centre.

Bride and groom under an umbrella infront of a shutter door

Small wedding party take up a corner of a pub.

Photograph of brides grandmother attached to flowers

Grandad looking at photograph attached to brides bouquet.

Bride and Groom kiss in the Nags Head pub, Manchester.

Bride and Groom sit laughing in pub together as they shelter from the storm outside.

Bride and Groom laugh at speeches in The Hawksmoor Resturant, Manchester.

Bride and Groom stand serious faced in the Hawksmoor Bar, Manchester

FIVEFOUR STUDIOS

As the night drew in we headed to Fivefour Studio’s in Salford, a photography studio that doubles as a place for events and weddings. The venue has a beautiful bar area with a very relaxed yet luxurious vibe and the attic space is very much a blank canvas, a perfect area for party’s and ceremonies. Lauren and Nates friends and family members arrived in droves all pumped and ready for a good old fashioned party!

Bride and Groom share a quiet moment in the colourful Fivefour Studio Bar, Salford.

Bride and Groom laugh together in colourful cosy living room like bar setting.

Bride and groom laughing at speeches on dance floor.

Bride and Groom in taxi photobooth with "lets party" neon sign behind them

Wedding guest with dreadlocks and glasses singing and dancing

Bride and groom laughing amongst fairy lights at Fivefour Studios.

Suppliers!

Ceremony Venue: The Pankhurst Suite: https://theweddingdirectory.co.uk/wedding-venues/greater-manchester/the-pankhurst-suite-manchester-register-office/

Drinks Venue: The Nags Head Manchester https://www.manchestersfinest.com/places/the-old-nags-head/

Wedding Breakfast Venue: Hawksmoor Resturant Manchester https://thehawksmoor.com/locations/manchester/

Party Venue: Five Four Studios Salford https://www.fivefourstudios.com/studios/homepage

Hair and make up - Bridal by Etti https://www.instagram.com/bridalbyetti/

Tacos - Pelizco Street Food https://pellizco.co.uk/

Dress - Rembo Atelier from Serendipity Bridal https://www.serendipitybridal.co.uk/our-designers/rembo-styling/

Photobooth Taxi - Rank Events https://photoboothtaxis.co.uk/

David Wayman Flowers https://www.davidwayman.co.uk/

Cake - Laura Girling

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DIY Pub Wedding in Manchester with Fish and Chips!

Lloyd Street Registry Office Manchester

Keith and Catherine (AKA Pea) or The Eggs as they sometimes call themselves tied the knot at Manchester’s Registry Office on Lloyd Street before strolling through Manchester City Centre with their friends and family to Gullivers Bar, the pub that they had their first date in. Catherine or Pea as Keith affectionately has named her wore a red dress from Hope and Ivy as she didn’t really feel herself wearing a white dress and she looked bloody amazing!

Black and white photo of a blonde boy in a pram. (Copy)

Children greet grandmother in Manchester registry office waiting room. (Copy)

Little girl looks into the camera while sitting a family members lap. (Copy)

Lady smiles with little girl sitting on her lap. (Copy)

Groom greets guests in the registry office waiting room in Manchester. (Copy)

Bride wearing a read dress with a colourful red, purple, orange and green bouquet. (Copy)

The Ceremony

Pea gave Keith a little cheeky wink as she walked down the aisle and that set the town for the ceremony, both of them messing about and making each other laugh throughout.

Groom smiles into the camera as he waits for his bride to arrive in Manchester registry office. (Copy)

The bride enters being walked down the aisle by her brother. (Copy)

Bride give the groom a wink as she walks down the aisle. (Copy)

Bride and Groom exchange rings in Manchester registry office. (Copy)

Bride feels her wedding ring on her finger smiling. (Copy)

Bride and groom laughing as they put their rings on. (Copy)

Bride and groom happily married at Manchester registry office. (Copy)

Guests wait to ambush couple with confetti in Manchester registry office reception. (Copy)

Bride and groom have confetti thrown at them in Manchester registry office. (Copy)

Confetti on the floor in Manchester registry office. (Copy)

Confetti and Walking Through Manchester City Centre

After having a load of Confetti chucked in their faces the newly weds and their wedding guests made their way through Manchester City Centre to go and get the party started at Gullivers Manchester. We managed to sneak a few couples portraits on the way, including some outside the local green grocers and a couple on Oldham Street as Keith and Pea are big music fans, going to a gig nearly every week, Oldham Street and the music venues there are pretty important to them in their day to day lives.

Wedding guests make their way through Manchester city centre. (Copy)

Bride and Groom walk through the streets of Manchester together. (Copy)

Bride and groom have a photo outside the green grocers. (Copy)

Mid shot of the Bride and Groom laughing outside a vegetable stall in Manchester City Centre. (Copy)

Bride and groom laughing in front of some graffiti in Manchester. (Copy)

Bride and Groom on Oldham Street, Manchester. (Copy)

Bride and Groom outside the Night and Day Cafe Manchester. (Copy)

Bride and Groom outside shop window on Oldham Street, Manchester. (Copy)

Bride and Groom laughing together. (Copy)

Gullivers

Keith and Pea chose Gullivers as it was the place where they first met and had their first date, it’s also a pretty bangin’ music venue in it’s own right and great to go for pre and post gig bevies. Keith and Pea wanted to keep their wedding day super relaxed and low key. It was all about of their friends and family getting together on the day and having a great time so having their wedding reception at Gullivers seemed like the perfect plan and it was! Being massive music fans Keith and Pea put a play list together to cover the whole wedding day.

Fish and Chips!

Keith and Pea had the genius idea of asking the local chippy behind Gullivers to cater for the wedding! All the wedding guest were given wrist bands to get into Gullivers and a little token to have anything that they would like from the chippy. It meant that people could just eat what they liked when they liked and kept with the super relaxed feel of the day.

Keith and Pea also loved the idea of having their first wedding meal in the chippy together, the idea was so them, they fed chips to each other during a romantic candle lit dinner in the chippy.

The Duke box with a message from the bride and groom about the music choices for the night. (Copy)

Wedding guest having a pint at pub table. (Copy)

Group shot outside Gullivers bar. (Copy)

Wedding guests return from the chippy with their fish and chips wrapped in paper. (Copy)

Fish and chips sign at pub wedding in Manchester. (Copy)

Bride and Groom are greeted by wedding guests armed with cameras at the chippy around the corner from their wedding reception. (Copy)

Groom shakes the hand of the chippy manager. (Copy)

Bride feeds groom a chip in the chippy on their wedding day, (Copy)

Bride and groom giggle as they eat their chips. (Copy)

Bride and Groom eat their chippy tea on their wedding day in Manchester. (Copy)

Couples Portraits in the Northern Quarter

After dinner we went for a little walk around the Northern Quarter and grabbed a few more photos of the two of them together. From pretending to be in the Titanic to Keith mock dragging his new wife back to the pub they constantly making each other laugh throughout.

No Speeches

Keith and Pea got the fizz in for everyone but couldn’t really see themselves doing a speech or getting any of their friends and family to do one, so they just opted for a simple “Cheers” instead and it was perfect. Then after the toast they got Pea’s mammoth cake cut (all of the layers were different cakes and I can’t remember what they all were now but the Ferrero Rocher layer was hands down the best cake I have ever eaten!) Also look at the size of it!!! Cake paradise!

The party!

Once the cake was cut everyone headed upstairs. Keith and Pea had decorated the upstairs room with loads of photos of their favourite bands and things, including each other making it look a lot like the Gullivers they remembered from back in the Glory Days, there was even a sneaky photo of Keiths band that I took 10 years ago when I used to do a lot of band photos. A prize to anyone who spots it!

It was an absolute belter of a wedding day! Well done The Eggs you bleedin’ nailed it!