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John Curry - Jo Clark
ST John Lee Church at Acomb was the setting for the wedding of John Curry and Jo Clark, conducted by the Rev. Jeremy Thompson.
The bridegroom, the son of John and Heather Curry, formerly of Overdene Farm, Ovington, but now living in Dalry, Castle Douglas, in Scotland, was educated at Prudhoe High School.
The bride is the daughter of Nora Bowman of Haydon Bridge, and William Clark of Hexham.
She attended Hexham Queen Elizabeth High School, and works in the Co-operative store in Haydon Bridge.
Given in marriage by her mother, the bride wore a vintage dress in champagne with full bodice, detailed with lace and sequins. She also wore a Swarovski crystal tiara and the bridegroom’s great grandmother’s pearl necklace.
The bride’s bouquet was hand-made by the bride, and consisted of ivory, green and gold roses with a variety of diamante brooches, and had a satin and lace handle.
The maid of honour was the bride’s close friend Cerri Anne Crowe, while the chief bridesmaid was her close friend from Belfast, Cheryl Wood.
The bridesmaids were the bride’s daughters, Ashleigh Clark and ReAnne Bewick and the bride’s god-daughter Nadine Dickinson.
The three older bridesmaids wore dresses in sage green taffeta with a ruched effect to the side, and a flower tiara with Swarovski crystals.
The two younger bridesmaids wore similar dresses, but in a soft toffee colour, with a laced modesty panel at the back, also in sage green to complement the other attendants’ dresses.
They also had flower tiaras with crystals.
All five carried similar bouquets to the bride’s but with small pearl flowers incorporated inside the roses.
The best man was the bridegroom’s longstanding friend Ryan McCormick.
The groomsman was the bridegroom’s brother, Paul Curry, and the usher was the bride’s nephew Liam Clark.
The “usherette” was the bride’s daughter Sherelle Bewick, and page boy was the bridegroom’s son Thomas Clark
The bride entered the church to Thousand years by Christina Perr, and the couple left to The Wedding March.
The church was decorated with hand-made tear drop bouquets of roses and gypsophila in ivory, green and gold, and green swags led towards the altar.
Before leaving for the reception at Otterburn Castle, the couple were presented with a real engraved horseshoe by the bride’s daughter Sherelle and a lucky key from an aunt who had travelled all the way from Turkey.
Photograph by Emma Gordon