To start a SEVENTH thread nobody responds to?

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Because of the mysterious popularity of these threads which no-one is actually responding to, here's the Seventh Thread.

The other ones have all filled up, but I'm not at all sure how.

(I have done this by proxy for VanillaSugar).

Come on people! Call to action here!

We have Being's* wedding to organise and lots of other good stuff.
AGL's holiday and exam results to get through.
Portia's love life and her DD's exam results.
Jess budding romance with Bambi Co-op Boy.
Better's quest to wear that blue bridesmaid's dress.
My addiction to posting memes which seems to be welcome on these threads.

LET'S GO...!!!!

Complete with horse and carriage

Yes, I shouldn't be washing my dirty linen in public! Sloven that I am!

And the huge cakes, made of polystyrene!

made of polystyrene?!? That wouldn't taste very nice

Its ok Ruby I was covering our backs just in case
I am envious of your sheet changing elves. Must get Aidy baby to employ some.

Oh, I think I'd prefer to have that dress, Being, if it's all the same to you! Rather than a version made from blue, floral curtains. I just don't think it would hang the same...

Portia I'm seriously surprised by the white suit jackets and black trousers on the driver and groom. Livery jackets are usually dark colours (like maroon or navy) for a reason. Its the trousers that should be light.

OK I've definitely been too involved in the wedding carriage industry. The horses in that picture are wearing funeral harness!!! No joke.

Also, if you're thinking of having Portia's Google dress, we'll have to drop the guest list at the barn by quite a lot - maybe an intimate party of thirty or so?

Thirty guests and two large dresses - much better idea! And we would only need 60 scons or so.

Boginni and co made my shoes, Google at your peril....

I also had a shire horse and carybecause it was a thousand pound cheaper

A thousand pounds cheaper?! How much was the alternative?

Boginni and co made my shoes, Google at your peril....

Wow. They are almost too bling to be photographed.

A thousand pounds cheaper?! How much was the alternative?

8 years ago the average horse drawn carriage for a wedding would cost £1,500-2,500 - depending on carriage and harness used. That was for traditional carriages. The specially made wedding fair tale style could be vastly more

*fairy

I've just been to bognini that's why I went missing. I have no idea about livery Ruby but I must blame Mr Google for the photo.
Now shall I ask Gran to ask Jim about a big barn? If he charges too much we can throw scons at him and knock his hat off

Heavens - you really couldn't ever get divorced of you spend that much on your wedding day...

Seems reasonable, Portia. Being's not here but I'm sure she'd give it her blessing.

Oh and better. I had a horse drawn carriage to prom it was still £300 for the bloke to do it at cost (no wages for himself, just insurance and the wage for the groom - who does the prep and comes on carriage in full livery).

• That was with his basic carriage - easiest to clean (only took around 2hrs),
• the basic wedding harness (still elaborate and 4hrs of cleaning),
• an hour to bath and groom the horses to the high standard required so that they still look clean even once they get sweaty,
• and the time to harness up, take me to prom and them get back home, unharness, etc.

A bigger barn and two big dresses. I think we should ask the other guests to keep their outfits small.

That is fascinating, Ruby!
People just don't think about the amount of preparation involved. But having heard that, things might be a bit tight on our budget of £14.87.

Heavens - you really couldn't ever get divorced of you spend that much on your wedding day...

You should have seen some of the elaborate weddings I've been too in livery, as groom. The price of the horse and carriage must have been a tiny drop in the ocean compared to the rest of it.

That is fascinating, Ruby!
People just don't think about the amount of preparation involved. But having heard that, things might be a bit tight on our budget of £14.87.

yeah a bit out of our budget.

People really don't realise the amount of work. For the more expensive coaches and harness you can easily need 4hrs for the carriage and 8hrs for harness, plus you need a second groom on the carriage. Its at least a days work the day before a wedding and a really early start on the day of the wedding. The wedding itself is the easy bit.

That's what I mean! The total cost must be enormous if that's just one small part. I wonder if there's any correlation between the amount of money spent on a wedding and the length of the marriage. (Wouldn't be surprised if they're in inverse proportion. )

600 posts, ladies! all round to our small, select group!