{"id":2010,"date":"2017-07-09T18:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T18:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameslmorgan.co.uk\/?p=2010"},"modified":"2019-04-04T21:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T21:03:25","slug":"norton-house-country-club-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jameslmorgan.co.uk\/norton-house-country-club-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie & Barnaby’s Norton House Country Club Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You might expect that a room full of women all trying to get ready for a wedding would be absolute chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally it is quite the contrary in my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was no exception to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was unusual is that the tension never seemed to ramp up as it usually does as the time draws near.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katie seemed cool as a cucumber all the way through, and was even ready to go 20 minutes before it was time to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that pretty much sums up the day really.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything was perfect, though I got the impression that even if things went wrong that would still be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, the more I think about it, the more I am starting to believe that is the very reason everything did go so well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I am getting a little too philosophical here, you probably just want to read about the wedding day, where we went and who made it possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day in a nutshell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am conscious that you are probably only here to look at the photos so I will keep this brief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am also going to make an effort to mention as many of the suppliers involved in the day as I can.  There as so many wonderful people working behind and in front of the scenes that make wedding days magical, they deserve a mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day started out at Katie’s parents’ house.  A handful of pretty ladies were transformed into even more pretty ladies by Makeup By Erin Nina<\/a> and Wedding Hair by Amy Ward<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once Katie had gotten into her dress from New York Brides<\/a> she and her bridesmaids hopped into a gorgeous Mercedes courtesy of Chauffeur Class Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To church we went.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coal Aston Methodist Church<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a beautiful service, very moving.  It was also quite warm in there, although I guess I felt that more since I was moving around so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, following the service we hopped back into the cars and made our way down the road to Norton House Country Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norton House Country Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Norton House is definitely a hidden gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So hidden that I actually drive past it 5 days a week on the school run and had never noticed that it was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, once you see if you won’t believe you hadn’t noticed it before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t want this to become a review of Norton House Country Club, I just want to say how attentive the staff were on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hotly debated topic amongst wedding circles is should you feed your wedding photographer?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I think too many people make too much of a fuss about something so trivial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have no problem buying myself a sandwich at the bar during dinner time.  However, I do always ask at the venue in advance whether this is an option, since some venues are not set up to cater for adhoc orders during wedding service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had previously met with Norton House staff who had assured me some food could be arranged for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I hadn’t expected was to be seated in my own private dining room (an adjacent bar) and to be served the same meal as the guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great service, it’s really the little touches that you should be looking out for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food was great too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone else<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I don’t want to trivialise anyone because everyone did an amazing job, the decoration by Angela Godfrey<\/a> was top notch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DJ from Sound Sensational<\/a> went above and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what a cake!  A doff of the cap to I Bake A Bit<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I guess this is what you really came to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n